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2013.6.36.1.003 · Dossiê · 1964-1966
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of miscellaneous subjects in British Columbia.

House fire
2013.6.36.1.003.021 · Item · [1964?]
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a house fire possibly on 1000 Beach Block and Thurlow St. , caused by a wrecking gang.

Entrance to False Creek
2013.6.36.1.003.052 · Item · Aug. 1964
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the entrance to False Creek in Vancouver, B.C. The wooden navigation marker has since been removed. The photo is taken from 1053 Beach Ave.

New deep sea wharf in Vancouver, B.C.
2013.6.36.1.003.068 · Item · Aug. 1965
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the site of a new deep water ship wharf. The left of the wall is sea and the right will be filled in with dirt. The view is looking east and shows the Centennial Pier in the background.

Entrance to Squamish River
2013.6.36.1.003.089 · Item · Sept. 1965
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the entrance to the Squamish River at Squamish, looking upstream. The pier on the left belongs to the original logging railway, circa 1909-1925.

2013.6.36.1.003.094 · Item · Apr. 1966
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Hospital Cottage on Main St. in Sechelt, B.C. which also appears to have been home to the Magistrates and Small Debts Court at one point. A large central hospital for the whole of the Sechelt Peninsula was opened in 1965 at Sechelt.

2013.6.36.1.004.17 · Item · [1964?]
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts an early type of steam donkey mounted on a flatcar and attached to a Shay Tank. It is displayed on the roadside at Promised Land Park, probably near Forks, on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state.

2013.6.36.1.004.37 · Item · [July 1965]
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a steam crane in the yard of the Lions Gate Lumber Co. at the foot of Lloyd St. in North Vancouver. The crane was made by the Brown Hoisting Machinery Co. in Cleveland, Ohio and is undated. It has a 20 ton capacity, is well maintained, and freshly painted.

2013.6.36.1.004.39 · Item · Apr. 1966
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a steam crane in a lumber yard on the north side of Porpoise Bay in Sechelt on the Sechelt Peninsula. The steam crane has been converted to diesel and was made by the Brown Hoisting Co. from Cleveland, Ohio. It lifts 21 tons at a 12ft radius and 5 tons at 35ft radius, and is in daily use. The 200 yards of rail track form a "Y" with the bottom piece onto the wharf.

Small coal drift mine
2013.6.36.1.005.02 · Item · Aug. 1964
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a small coal drift mine which worked perhaps 6 months prior to the picture being taken. Timber lands # 8, Cranberry, about 17 miles south of Nanaimo.

Mine near Moyie, BC
2013.6.36.1.005.10 · Item · Oct. 1965
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a mine 200 yards south of Moyie village, which is 20 miles south of Cranbrook. It produced silver, zinc, and lead from 1900-1910 and had a smelter a quarter mile away. The shaft was 900 ft. deep, with levels going under Moyie Lake. The head gear dates from 1925-1935 and has electric winding.

Retired Courtenay fire engine
2013.6.36.1.005.15 · Item · Aug. 1964
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a retired Courtenay fire engine in front of a private house on the south side of the road from Lantzville to Hammond Bay, about 3 miles east of Island Highway.