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  • Includes: buildings; monuments and statues; bridges and trestles; building management; construction.
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          4441 Archival description results for Buildings and Structures

          Wharf at Lang Bay, B.C.
          2013.6.36.1.002.122 · Item · Apr. 1966
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a wharf at Lang Bay, 14 miles southeast of Powell River. In fair repair, now used only by an oil company to pump in oil to a storage depot behind the camera.

          Westbridge CPR depot
          2013.6.36.1.027.14 · Item · [July 1966]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts the Westbridge CPR depot on the Kettle Valley Line. It is located about 11 miles north of Rock Creek and at about mile 123.3 east of Penticton. The depot house is disused and the sidings contained no cars, so there appears to be no local traffic.

          2000.1.1.2.03.08 · Item · 8 August 1964
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "FOOTING WEST WALL AUG 8/64." Photograph depicts a construction worker near freshly poured cement footings. Building is semi-visible in background on left, tall steel framework behind footings on right. The hard had of a second worker is visible behind footings.

          2000.1.1.2.03.09 · Item · 8 August 1964
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "WEST WALL FOOTING AUG 8/64." Photograph depicts a construction worker standing on rebar in forms built for cement footings. A front end loader and backhoe tractor can be seen on wood platform above footings. Mountainside in background.

          West Summerland CPR station
          2013.6.36.1.022.14 · Item · 2 Sept. 1970
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts the West Summerland CPR station in the Okanagan. The station often was used but not permanently manned. It was located at mile 9.5 from Penticton. The view is looking south.

          Wells Hospital building
          2012.13.1.37.23 · Item · 1978
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Photograph depicts the old hospital building in Wells. At the time the photo was taken, 1978, it was being used as an apartment building, and that is still its current use.

          Wells
          2012.13.1.037 · Subseries · [between 1970 and 1980]
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File contains slides depicting Wells, B.C.

          2009.7.1.027 · Item · [ca. 1915]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Group stands and sits on front steps of rectory. Left to right: Rev. William Edwin Collison, Mabel and John Maxwell Collison, Alice Collison. (William, Max, and Alice are sons and daughter of Archdeacon W.H. Collison).

          Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Dad & Auntie Al with Aunt May & Uncle Max at the rectory St. Luke's church [...?]".

          W.E. Collison on the Dawn
          2009.7.1.285 · Item · [ca. 1880-1920]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Archdeacon W.H. Collison and an unidentified man on the "Dawn," Collison's boat. Forested hills and several buildings are visible in the background. Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "The 'Dawn' Archdeacon Collison's boat."

          2013.6.36.1.079.05 · Item · [9 Sept. 1970]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a working undershot water wheel on Lardeau Creek River. It was the only water wheel seen in B.C. between 1963 and 1970. It was designed to drive an electricity generating set, but it was not coupelled to the set at the time.

          2013.6.36.1.021.05 · Item · [24 May 1973]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts an abandoned water tower on CPR line at Brookmere, 30 miles south of Merritt. The trackage on the right has had the spikes removed but the yard consists of a mixture of completely removed, partially removed, and completely undisturbed track. An elderly couple and 2 elderly bachelors are the only year-round remaining inhabitants.

          Water control structures
          2000.1.1.2.10 · File · Sep. 1991
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          File contains 3 strips of negatives depicting water control structures inluding pipes, culverts, and holding ponds. The strips were found in a photo lab pouch annotated "Sedimentation Pond Sept 1991" and addressed to "Cassiar Mining Corp. Attn; R. Tyne."

          2013.6.36.1.026.08 · Item · [22 June 1979]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts the washrooms on the west side of the line, about a quarter mile from the McCulloch CPR depot building. The depot is located at mile 76.6 on the Carmi Subdivision.

          2009.5.1.73 · Item · 26 May 1932
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Omineca Dist Walcott Suspension Bridge West Approach - looking East May 26 - 1932". Photograph depicts two white horses pulling a wagon in front of Walcott bridge. This bridge was moved from its original location in the Hagwilget Canyon, downstream from Walcott on the Bulkley River. It is a pedestrian bridge at the time of this photograph, though it was originally used by motor vehicles. Dirt road leading to bridge in foreground, with lumber and brush piles on either side. Trees and hills on opposite shore in background.

          W.A.C. Bennett Dam?
          2012.13.1.91.44 · Item · 1979
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts several unidentified individuals lying on a hill outside what is most likely the W.A.C. Bennett Dam in Hudson's Hope, B.C.

          2000.1.1.3.15.31 · Item · June 1970
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          Photograph depicts Wabco in left foreground in front of shop building, tractor, and miscellaneous supplies. Mine valley and mountains in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Cassiar B.C. 1970 June 23 by Tom Kiefer".