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File consists of research material regarding Granville Island street railway operations of BC Hydro Railway. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes the following works: "The Granville Island Switching Operations of the British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Railway" by Sochowski and "BCER Granville Island: Extension of Industrial and Interurban Lines within Vancouver City" by Davies.

Photograph depicts the False Creek Trestle bridge open and the Granville Bridge looking east.

Photograph depicts the B.C. Electric Railway swing bridge connecting Lulu Island to the mainland at New Westminster, looking north and taken from Lulu Island. The swinging span is left open except for the passage of freight trains.

Photograph depicts a wooden bridge over the Salmon River near Sayward, near Kelsey Bay, North Vancouver Island.

Photograph depicts a road trestle bridge for cars about halfway between south Wellington and Nanaimo Lake, southwest of Nanaimo.

Photograph depicts a road bridge at Squamish B.C. from the north bank.

Photograph depicts a bridge over the Alouette River, 3.5 miles north of Port Hammond in the Fraser Valley.

Photograph depicts a former logging railroad trestle west of Port Alberni, BC

Photograph depicts the piers of the south tower on the Lions Gate Bridge in Vancouver, BC

Photograph depicts the Lions Gate Bridge on west side looking south from the shore of North Vancouver, BC

Photograph depicts the Second Narrows railway bridge in Vancouver from the south bank. The bascule does not move.

Photograph depicts the north side lifting tower of the Second Narrows railway bridge in Vancouver, BC

Photograph depicts the Second Narrows Railway Bridge in Vancouver, BCwith the lifting span up.

Photograph depicts the road and rail bridges at Second Narrows, Vancouver B.C. The photograph was taken from Boundary Rd. looking north.

Photograph depicts the rail approach to the Second Narrows Railway Bridge in Vancouver, BCThe shot taken on CPR trackage and from underneath the road bridge on the south bank.

Photograph depicts the Second Narrows Railway Bridge, looking east.

Photograph depicts a bridge, possibly over the Fraser River.

Photograph depicts the road bridge crossing the south section of the north arm of the Fraser River at Fraser St. The view is from the north bank of Lulu Island.

Photograph depicts the Fraser St. road bridge over the north section of the north arm of the Fraser River, looking north from Mitchell Island to Vancouver, BC

Photograph depicts a CPR road and rail bridge at Mission City from the south bank looking towards the city.

Photograph depicts the swing span of the road and rail bridge at Mission City, looking upstream from the south bank.

Photograph depicts a bridge over the south Thompson River at the west end of Shuswap Lake at Squilax. The left or northern span used to be a lifting span for sternwheelers (pre 1920s?).

Photograph depicts the Cambie St. Bridge in Vancouver, BC, looking southeast and showing the southern fixed span on the bridge.

Photograph depicts the bridge over the north Thompson River at Barriere, 40 miles north of Kamloops. View is looking towards the east bank. A new bridge is being built half a mile upstream and just awaiting decking.

Photograph depicts a bridge over Powell Lake, directly behind Powell River town. The bridge is in poor condition and being replaced by steel bridge at right (just off the picture).

Photograph depicts Spences Bridge on the Thompson River and the only surviving pier of the earlier Spences' Bridge. View looking at east bank.

Photograph depicts a rail bridge carrying the C.N.R. track over the Thompson River at Lytton, BCThe bridge is at the confluence of Fraser River and Thompson River. View looking north.

Photograph depicts a derelict building in Ladysmith on Vancouver Island built approximately between 1900 and 1905.

Photograph depicts St. Anne's log church on French Creek, near Parksville on Vancouver Island. The church was built in 1894 and was still in use at the time.

Photograph depicts a bandstand at English Bay in Vancouver, B.C.

Photograph depicts peat barns on the New Westminster Highway on Lulu Island, near the #8 Rd., half a mile west of rail crossing.

Photograph depicts a house and barns on River Rd. in Surrey, 1 mile east of Deas Island Tunnel.

Photograph depicts the building for the Vancouver Supply Company located at 25 Alexander St. in Vancouver, B.C. It is at the center of the old downtown and may have been a former fire hall.

Photograph depicts the former C.P.R. route connecting existing False Creek rail yards and the Burrard shoreline main line. The view is looking southwest from the intersection of Powell St. (in foreground) and Columbia St. (not seen) in Vancouver.

Photograph depicts an unused church at Clayburn, near Abbotsford, B.C. The church and about half the buildings in the village are made of brick.

Photograph depicts the schoolhouse of Chinatown in Nanaimo, B.C. It is the only surviving building; the others were destroyed by a fire.

Photograph depicts the Grand Central Hotel at the intersection of Marpole Ave and Hudson St. in south Vancouver. The hotel was built in 1912 by J.J. Graver and run from 1913-1915. It re-opened in 1920 as a home for incurables (veterans). In 1937 it became the provincial infirmary and closed in May 1965.

Photograph depicts a corner building on Chilco and West Georgia St. facing Stanley Park in Vancouver, B.C. The view is looking east across Chilco St.

Photograph depicts the site of a former C.P.R. connection between the mainline into Vancouver and False Creek yards at West Pender St. In Vancouver. The rails are not used but still appear in the street and on the parking lot on the far side. Another parallel set of tracks 30 yards to the east are in daily use.

Photograph depicts the Silver Ledge Hotel, Ainsworth Hot Springs, on the west side of Kootenay Lake, north of Nelson.

Photograph depicts a barn at Darfield, near Barriere, about 35 miles north of Kamloops. The English timbered cottage developed from this architectural form.

Photograph depicts East Pender St., looking west towards the Vancouver Sun newspaper office near Abbot St. in Vancouver, B.C.

Photograph depicts the Upper Clearwater Hall on a dirt road between Clearwater (70 miles north of Kamloops) and the entrance to Wells Gray Provincial Park. The cracks between the logs recently re-cemented.

Photograph depicts a barn at Port Guichon, 1 mile west of Ladner, Delta.

Photograph depicts the Delta Municipal Hall on Main St. in Ladner, B.C.

Photograph depicts a disused schoolhouse with the dates "1925" and "1902" on it. It is on River Rd. on the south bank of the Fraser River in Delta, opposite the west end of Annacis Island.

Photograph depicts Alberni St. in the west end of Vancouver. It is directly opposite the Vehicle Testing Station, in the 1700 block. The view in the photo is looking east.

Photograph depicts a courthouse in Vancouver, B.C. surrounded by a fence with paintings.

Photograph depicts a painting on a fence outside a courthouse on Howe St. in Vancouver, B.C. The painting shows the natural grandeur of B.C. partially blocked out by a super motel with a bewildered moose forced to become an ornamental fountain. The whole forecourt is being bulldozed to make way for the Centennial fountain.

Photograph depicts a wharf at Sechelt village on the Sechelt Peninsula. The view is looking southeast towards Vancouver.