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Item is a photograph of the construction of the W.A.C. Bennett Dam

Item is a photograph of the construction of the W.A.C. Bennett Dam spillway.

Photograph depicts the Pacific Great Eastern Railway bridge under construction on the original route at Lillooet, which was active 1915 to 1931. Including its approach spans, the bridge was 2,630 ft. long, almost exactly half a mile. The mileage on the PGE's original mileage system was 120.6.

Photograph depicts the western portal of the 1916 Connaught Tunnel. Glacier station was located behind the camera.

Photograph depicts the Connaught Tunnel. Traffic was normally eastbound through it, while westbound traffic went through the new Mt. Macdonald Tunnel.

Photograph depicts the western portal of the 1916 Connaught Tunnel. The tunnel used to be double tracked, but was singled in the 1960s in orde to take piggy-back/container traffic. Curiously, the switch to the single was inside the tunnel.

Photograph depicts a compressed air mine locomotive.

Photograph depicts a compressed air mine locomotive on exhibition at the roadside in Britannia Beach.

Photograph depicts the Comox Logging Railway main yard at Ladysmith.

Photograph depicts former Comox Logging locomotive #11.

Photograph depicts the former Comox Logging Railway headquarters.

Photograph depicts former yard and freight stock of the Comox Logging Railway.

Photograph depicts a part of the former ard of the Comox Logging Railway. It was now a little known park. Locomotive #11, Baldwin, also visible.

Photograph depicts former yard of the Comox Logging Railway. Locomotive shed in background. Locomotive #11, Baldwin, also visible.

Photograph depicts a Comox Logging Railway fire fighting tank car at Ladysmith.

Photograph depicts a homemade (?) device used to scour boiler tubs of scale. Taken at the former site of the Comox Logging Railway's yard and maintenance facilities.

Photograph depicts ballast car #175 built by Western Wheeled Scraper Company, Aurora, Illinois.

Photograph depicts a Comox Logging and Railway Company grade about a mile north of the diamond crossing. Track was used once daily for a train of about 20 cars. The grade was first built as a private railway between the Extension Mine and Ladysmith circa 1900-1925, then the section between Ladysmith and Nanaimo River was converted to a logging railway in about 1935-1940 and was extended up Nanaimo River Creek.

Photograph depicts a small yard switcher used to switch cars in and out of repair shops. It was in use when the photograph was taken.

Photograph taken half of a mile north of the diamond crossing. Visible is a distant signal protecting the crossing. Davies noted that it had not been used for many years.

Photograph depicts the last logs being removed from a 20 car log train which had just arrived from Nanaimo Lakes. Each car held 2 bundles, each of about 20 logs. These in turn were assembled into a large boom and then were towed to the mainland. Cars were emptied by a mechanical prodder and mounted on an old shay frame.

Photograph depicts the division of Crown Zellerbach Canada Ltd in Ladysmith.

Photograph depicts the division of Crown Zellerbach Canada Ltd in Ladysmith. Visible is a fire car with a former locomotive headlight attached to it.

Photograph depicts a homemade snow plough that had a short wheel base between the trucks. The design of its main frame suggets that it might have been a crane before conversion to its present use.

Photograph depicts a former steam locomotive shed.

Photograph depicts a view of the Ladysmith yard, looking north, about 300 yards east of the city centre.

Photograph depicts the outside of the Comox Logging head office in Ladysmith.

Photograph depicts a daily log train from Nanaimo Lakes. About 20 cars were being unloaded at a rather fast rate of 30-60 seconds per car using a mechanical prodder mounted on the frames of an old shay locomotive.

Photograph depicts a deisel switcher #107.

Photograph depicts a grand view of the Ladysmith yards. There had been no steam operations on this line for about 2 years.

Photograph depicts the lower part of the Ladysmith yard, adjacent to a log pond. A semaphore signal was activated by the tide and indicated to the engineer of the log train the suitable depth for offloading logs from the cars.

Photograph depicts a log car repair shop. Visible is one car being repaired as well as another awaiting attention on a switch spur on the right.

Photograph taken about half a mile north of the diamond crossing, looking southeast at the point where the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway closely follows the Comox Railway for about 300 yards. The Comox Railway used one every week for log trains.

Photograph depicts sidings for empty log cars about a quarter of a mile south of the diamond crossing. Image captured looking south, towards the Ladysmith yards. The running line is visible on the right side of the photograph and was used week by a daily log train, consisting of a deisel locomotive and 20 cars.

Photograph depicts deisel switcher #108.

Photograph depicts a mobile crane used to offload log trains into a pond.

Photograph depicts a snow plough in the Ladysmith yards.

Photograph depicts wheel bulldozer in snowy unknown area of mine.

Photograph depicts ore cars on cables running between tramline towers. Flowers in foreground, mine valley and McDame mountain in background. Tramline ran through mine valley, between loading station (2000.1.13.19.197) in mine and dump station at mill on plantsite (2000.1.1.3.19.124)

Photograph depicts mine area. Switchback road and higher benches in background. Blasthole drills, track shovels, and ore haulage trucks can be seen on level in foreground and higher bench in background. Mountains visible in distance. Benches in background speculated to be located on the mine's West Peak.

Photograph depicts machinery in snowy area of mine. Euclid ore haulage truck in foreground, cassiar pickup truck visible in lower area in midground. Blasthole drill in front of track shovel in left background, Wabco ore haulage truck visible behind other machinery in right background.

Photograph depicts shovel in excavation area of mine, loading ore haulage truck believed to be a Wabco "haul pak".

Photograph depicts passengers exiting CP Air plane on runway. Unknown man and air traffic controller in foreground.

Photograph depicts palletizer machinery, where bags of asbestos fibre were shrink-wrapped and made ready for shipping pallets. Palletizer was located near shipping (believed to be in mill building). Unidentified man visible in machinery on far left.

Photograph depicts long building with blue siding. Security was located at corner of building in centre foreground, behind stop sign. Single red door on left was main entrance into mine dry, where individuals were checked through security. Two larger windows on left indicate the location of the mine store where work apparel could be purchased. Building also housed change house (see item 2000.1.1.3.19.121) and offices of the mine department supervisory staff. Employee parking lot located out of frame to right. Mill building stands in background, tramline dump station on left. Ore car visible, about to enter dump station. Unidentified man and child can be seen in foreground.

Photograph depicts group of unidentified men seated in bus seats, wearing work clothes and hard hats. Believed to be taken on mine bus which ran between the plant and mine (see also item 2000.1.1.3.19.70).

Photograph depicts the new mine garage behind machinery, mountains in background. Mobile blast hole drill can be seen in left foreground (manufactured by Robbins with Caterpillar undercarriage). Two 50-tonne Wabco "haul paks" in right foreground (ore haulage trucks).

Photograph depicts unidentified young man at clothes dryers. Wall of cubby compartments in background; washing machines and piles of laundry in foreground. Clothes in pile appear to be all coveralls or denim, possibly work clothes.

Photograph depicts DeCecco wearing helmet and snowsuit while seated on Arctic Cat "Pantera".

Photograph depicts two fire trucks semi-visible in garage with the sign "FIRE HALL". House and snowmobile can be seen in left midground, truck and power pole in right foreground. Mountains in background. Warning visible on front of trucks: "KEEP BACK 500m".