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Photograph depicts Pier B of C.P.R., just west of the C.P.R. railway station. This is the only pier accessible to ocean going passenger liners and is used by P&O vessels. Facilities generally in adequate for the 1960s.

Photograph depicts Pioneer Sash and Door Company Ltd. Davies suggests that it may have been the same as S.C. Smith Ltd., which commenced operating in Vernon in 1883. In the early days, products were verandah posters, balusters, and fancy trim. Most products were sent to the U.S. Most of the fancy trim in early north Okanagan homes came from this plant. In 1972, its main output was cedar panelling for Florida.

Photograph depicts a pipe yard of West Coast Gas Transmission. Two large pipes had gotten away and rolled onto the railway.

Photograph depicts the pit head refuse at Extension Coal Mine, 5 miles southwest of Nanaimo. It worked between 1901 and 1931.

Photograph depicts the CPR Pitt River swing bridge in an open position.

Photograph depicts a plaque attached to the east side girder of bascule section of the Second Narrows railway bridge in Vancouver, BC

Photograph depicts a plough found near Clulculz Lake, 45 miles west of Prince George. Its metal parts were made in the USA.

Photograph depicts where the Coquihalla Highway crossed over Coldwater River, 3 miles northwest of Brookmere. Trackage in the foreground was constructed in 1984/85 as its original routing interfered with the construction of the new highway built in 1985/86. This rebuilt rail bed had only been in use from 184/5 to May 1989.

Photograph depicts a pole yard of Gorman Bros Ltd. Loading methods and quality were checked by CN inspectors in Kamloops, then on the main trans-continental line. These particular lines were destined for Ontario.

Photograph depicts a renovated Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway station in Port Alberni. It was now used by Alberni Pacific tourist railway.

Photograph taken at Caesar's Landing at a derelict landing, 1 mile south of Nahun on the west side of Okanagan Lake. Visible is a heavy portable 2 cylinder traction engine marked "Model K, 25 Horse engine No. 16320." Appears to have driven a small saw. Height of the saplings suggest that it had not been use for 5 to 15 years.

Photograph taken at Caesar's Landing at a derelict landing, 1 mile south of Nahun on the west side of Okanagan Lake. Visible is a heavy portable 2 cylinder traction engine marked "Model K, 25 Horse engine No. 16320." Patented August 1906. Appears to have driven a small saw. Height of the saplings suggest that it had not been use for 5 to 15 years.

Photograph taken at Caesar's Landing at a derelict landing, 1 mile south of Nahun on the west side of Okanagan Lake. Visible is a heavy portable 2 cylinder traction engine marked "Model K, 25 Horse engine No. 16320." Patented August 1906. Appears to have driven a small saw. Height of the saplings suggest that it had not been use for 5 to 15 years.

Photograph shows a portable engine at Gang Ranch on the Fraser River. The engine was made by Robert Bell Engine and Thresher Company, Seaforth, Ontario.

Photograph depicts a portable traction engine at Hat Creek Ranch. The engine was built by Sawyer and Massey Co. Ltd., Hamilton, Ontario. Presumably went into service late 1910. It had not been in use for some time.

Photograph depicts a portable traction engine on the premises of Cook Lumber Company Ltd., a disused sawmill that closed in 1965 and was located beside the CPR Railway. The engine was built by Case Threshing Company, Racine, Wisconnsin. It was used until November 1965 to provide hot water to prevent the nearby log pond from freezing in the winter.

Photograph depicts a portable traction engine on the premises of Cook Lumber Company Ltd., a disused sawmill that closed in 1965 and was located beside the CPR Railway. The engine was built by Case Threshing Company, Racine, Wisconnsin. It was used until November 1965 to provide hot water to prevent the nearby log pond from freezing in the winter.

Photograph depicts a portable traction engine at Hat Creek Ranch. The engine was built by Sawyer and Massey Co. Ltd., Hamilton, Ontario. Presumably went into service late 1910. It had not been in use for some time.

Photograph depicts a portable traction engine at Hat Creek Ranch. The engine was built by Sawyer and Massey Co. Ltd., Hamilton, Ontario. Presumably went into service late 1910. It had not been in use for some time.

Photograph depicts a post office on Main St. in Cumberland on Vancouver Island. It was built in 1907 in a similar style to the building in Ladysmith.

Photograph depicts the post office, store, and gas pump in Clayburn, north of Abbotsford, B.C.

Photograph depicts Pounder Emulsions Ltd. which received bitumens and distributed them to blacktop plants from April till October.

Photograph depicts the "Powell River Queen" of the B.C. Ferries. It was just arriving at the slip in Earl's Cove after it had just made an 8 mile trip from Saltery Bay. It had been built in Victoria in 1965. Capacity held 50 cars and 250 passengers.

Photograph taken at Brockton Oval, Stanley Park in Vancouver. Depiction of the Presentation of 2 Colours to the Vancouver City Police Force by Lieutenant-Governor of B.C. At this point, the colours had just been consecrated on an alter of drums. Drummers were regaining their drums.

Photograph depicts preserved KVR trackage near Faulder, west of Summerland.

Photograph depicts preserved KVR trackage near Faulder, west of Summerland.

Photograph depicts a primitive tram with external flonges and a swivel support for a tub that was found amongst the debris near the blacksmiths shop in Barkerville.

Photograph depicts a crane at the Prince George Railway Museum.

Photograph depicts a speeder car at the Prince George Railway Museum.

Photograph depicts tanks at the Prince George Railway Museum.

Photograph depicts the rear of two locomotive cars at the Prince George Railway Museum.

Phoo depicts a train at the Prince George Railway Museum.

Photograph depicts a locomotive at the Prince George Railway Museum.

Photograph depicts a crane at the Prince George Railway Museum.

Photograph depicts a locomotive at the Prince George Railway Museum.

Photograph taken at the Prince George Railway Museum.

Photograph depicts a snow plow at the Prince George Railway Museum.

Photograph depicts a B.C. Telephone book with a CN bridge crossing the Fraser River featured on its cover.

Photograph depicts "Princess Marguerite" at the CPR wharf in the Inner Harbour of Victoria.

Photograph depicts "Princess Patricia" undergoing a minor refitting before winter cruising in warmer climates.

Photograph depicts the Pritchard CPR depot, 25 miles east of Kamloops.

Photograph depicts the Pritchard CPR depot, 24 rail miles east of Kamloops, in the Shuswap Subdivision at mile 104.3. The depot house on the south side is empty, and the depot itself was used by track crews fro their equipment. In June 1968 the buildings and the spur had gone.

Photograph depicts the Pritchard CPR station. The line on the right is siding/spur. At this station, twin tracks become single going east. The view is looking east.

Photograph depicts a private car owned by the Interior Contracting Co. Ltd. of Penticton, at the C.P.R. Penticton depot. No building date is shown on the car.

Photograph depicts a private logging road bridge over Kettle River at Fiva Creek, Westbridge B.C. The bridge had recently repaired with new timbers.

Photograph depicts a private rail/road bridge built to serve Northwood Pulp and Timber, Ltd. Crossing Fraser River. Looking west, towards the mill. On private Northwood trackage.

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.

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.

Photograph depicts a southbound C.P.R. streamliner at the Mud Bay crossing on Vancouver Island. This part of track belongs to the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, and the crossing is being re-sited.

Photograph depicts the CPR probably in the Fraser Canyon.