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              70 Archival description results for New Westminster, BC

              2013.6.36.1.014.14 · Item · Apr. 1966
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts the tugboat "Gulf Margaret" with a Straits scow leaving the north arm of the Fraser River and entering the main river at New Westminster, travelling upstream. The tug belongs to the Gulf of Georgia Towing Company.

              Tugboat in Annacis Channel
              2013.6.36.1.012.23 · Item · [between 1964 and 1966]
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts a small tugboat rescuing a motor cruiser that had been swept downstream in the Annacis Channel against a bridge, about 1.5 miles southwest of the Patullo Bridge, New Westminster.

              2013.6.36.1.062.16 · Item · 5 Oct. 1974
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts RCN "Restigouche," a destroyer escort that was fitted to eliminate submarines. It towed a 7 ton sonar pod and had 8 torpedoes that were launched by rockets. It was first initiated in 1954. Canada, at the time, had 4 ships of this class.

              Queensborough bridge
              2013.6.36.1.156.03 · Item · [July 1994]
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts railway track previously owned by BCER. It led onto the east end of Lulu Island and then to Annacis Island. Looking from the Naew West River Walk to the Queensborough bridge that was protected by signals and had a high chain link fence to deter pedestrians. It was likely that the rail was only used at night. Originally built by Canadian Northern Railway to reach Steveston, circa 1917.

              2009.6.13.45.04 · Item · [between 1974 and 1979]
              Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

              Map depicts the proposed electoral districts of British Columbia, including: Burnaby, Capilano, Cariboo-Chilcotin, Comox-Powell River, Cowichan-Malahat-The Islands, Esquimalt-Saanich, Fort Nelson-Peace River, Fraser Valley East, Fraser Valley West, Kamloops-Shuswap, Kootenay East, Kootenay West, Mission-Port Moody, Nanaimo-Alberni, New Westminster-Coquitlam, North Vancouver-Burnaby, Okanagan North, Okanagan-Similkameen, Prince George-Bulkley Valley, Richmond-South Delta, Skeena, Surrey-White Rock-North Delta, Vancouver Centre, Vancouver East, Vancouver Kingsway, Vancouver Quadra, Vancouver South, and Victoria.

              Private saloon coach #58A
              2013.6.36.1.010.14 · Item · Apr. 1966
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts a four-wheeled private saloon coach #58A, built in 1909 at Lochgorm Works (of Highland Railway) in Inverness, Scotland. It is the property of the provincial government of B.C. and located in the dock area of New Westminster. The wheels have solid wooden pieces between axels and tires.

              Private saloon coach #58A
              2013.6.36.1.010.16 · Item · Apr. 1966
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts the end view of the four-wheeled private saloon coach #58A, built in Inverness in 1909 and formerly the property of the Duke of Sutherland. It is owned by the B.C. provincial government and is standing at the New Westminster docks.

              2013.6.36.1.001.78 · Item · [May 1965]
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts the rail connections below the north bank of the Patullo Bridge in New Westminster. The track in the foreground belongs to C.N. and the flyover foreground rail bridge belongs to the B.C. Electric Railway. The flyover background rail bridge is shared by the Great Northern Rail and C.N. Rail.

              2007.17.3 · File · 1913-1960
              Part of James Joseph Claxton Photograph Collection

              This file consists of 79 photographs, various postcards and Christmas cards from the Royal Irish Constabulary; “Old Hand remembers early days” (unidentified newspaper article re: Burnaby detachment of BC Provincial Police); and a magazine clipping featuring a group photo of “Officers of the B.C. Police, April 1930.” General subjects areas identified in the photographs include: Toc H (Kelowna); the Royal Irish Constabulary; the British Columbia Provincial Police; the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; 1945 liberation parade in Amsterdam, Holland; various historical regimental artworks; badges, helmets, ornaments, banners and related constabulary ephemera; and Claxton in his New Westminster store "Roderick Jewelers" with his extensive collection of constabulary related materials.

              2007.17 · Collection · 1920-01-01 - 1982-12-31

              Collection consists of 140 photographs pertaining to the life and pursuits of James Joseph Claxton over the course of sixty years. Subject areas identified within this collection include: quartz and placer mining in the Cariboo; Kingcome Village; the Royal Irish Contabulary; Roderick's Jewelers, New Westminster; the "M.S. Columbia III"; Kwakiutl petrographs in Fort Rupert; totem poles at Alert Bay; and the Salmon Arm Boy Scouts of Canada group.

              Claxton, James Joseph
              2013.6.36.1.013.22 · Item · [May 1965]
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts the federal government paddle steam sternwheeler "Samson V" at New Westminster. It is used daily on the Fraser River to lift and move buoys etc. It was built in 1937 at New Westminster. It operates between the mouth of the Fraser and Mission. Its crew of 10 is made up of a captain, mate, bosun, two deckhands, cook, steward, chief engineer, greaser, and engineer. It is kept in excellent shape, inside and out.

              2013.6.36.1.056.01 · Item · [June 1966]
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts a British locomotive, the "Dunrobin," as well as a saloon coach found at a BCER locomotive shed. It was emerging for a second trial run to Steveston. It just underwent a complete overhaul in 1966 after being being purchased by the provincial government of British Columbia.

              2013.6.36.1.056.06 · Item · [June 1966]
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts a British locomitive, the "Dunrobin," and saloon coach having just emerged from a BCER locomotive shed in New Westminster. Mr. Swanson, a B.C. chief mechanical engineer, is visibled leaning out of the coach's window.

              2013.6.36.1.056.14 · Item · [June 1966]
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts a British locomotive, the "Dunrobin," as well as a saloon coach found at a BCER locomotive shed. It was emerging for a second trial run to Steveston. It just underwent a complete overhaul in 1966 after being being purchased by the provincial government of British Columbia.

              2013.6.36.1.056.15 · Item · [June 1966]
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts a British locomotive, the "Dunrobin" and saloon coach that had just been given the clearance for the run to Marpole and then to Steveston. Visible is BCER track in New Westminster beside the Rayonier lumber mill that was since destroyed by fire in 1966.

              2013.6.36.1.056.07 · Item · [June 1966]
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts a British locomotive, the "Dunrobin, " and a saloon coach on a test run between New Westminster and Steveston on BCER track beside the Rayonier lumber mill (which was consumed by fire in 1966).

              2013.6.36.1.056.03 · Item · [June 1966]
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts a British locomotive, the "Dunrobin," and a saloon coach. The locomotive was on a test run between New Westminster and Steveston on BCER track beside the Rayonier lumber mill that had since been consumed by a fire. As part of its recent overhaul, automatic couplings were fitted in the front of the locomotive and at the rear of the coach. A bell was also placed under the main frame and lamps as well as a generator were added.

              2013.6.36.1.056.04 · Item · [June 1966]
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts a British locomotive, the "Dunrobin" and a saloon coach on a test run at the BCER track between New Westminster and Steveston. It had just underwent an overhaul. Rear view of the coach is on BCER track between New Westminster and Marpole.

              2013.6.36.1.056.02 · Item · [June 1966]
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts a British locomotive, the "Dunrobin," and a saloon coach. The locomotive was about to start a roundtrip to Steveston via Marpole on the BCER track in order to test steaming, bearings, running time, and water consumption. It was its second steaming as it had underwent an overhaul in 1966 not since done until 1940's in the U.K.

              2013.6.36.1.056.05 · Item · [June 1966]
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts a British locomotive, the "Dunrobin" and a saloon coach on a test run at the BCER track between New Westminster and Marpole. The train was forced to stop because of working going on along the line 200 yards behind the camera.

              2013.6.36.1.056.13 · Item · [June 1966]
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts a British locomotive, the "Dunrobin, " and a saloon coach on BCER track in New Westminster. It was on its second steaming trial since the 1940's after it had underwent a complete overhaul at the BCER locomotive shed in New Westmintster in 1966. "Dunbrobin" en route to Steveston via Marpole.

              2013.6.36.1.015.17 · Item · 4 Nov. 1974
              Part of David Davies Railway Collection

              Photograph depicts a CPR caboose #436917 in New Westminster. It is all wood and was built in 1928. It was lettered "Rubbish service between New Westminster and Coquitlam." A crewman said it was quiet running compared to modern all metal ones.