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Computer Room?
2012.13.1.93.52 · Item · 1978
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts what appears to be a computer room at an uncertain location, possibly in Fort St. John, B.C.

Connaught Tunnel
2013.6.36.1.128.02 · Item · [3 July 1994]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

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

Connaught Tunnel
2013.6.36.1.128.03 · Item · [3 July 1994]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

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.

2009.5.2.295 · Item · July 1942
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Man in military uniform, woman, and young boy stand on grass in front of flowering trees. Woman holds infant, bassinet stands on far right. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "The Connell family, Halifax, July 1942. Joan - age 3 months."

Construction in Fort Fraser
2004.5.1.36 · Item · ca. 1914
Part of Fort Fraser historical photograph collection

Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "5. Commencement of 2-storey building on Block 154 Fort Fraser." Photograph depicts cleared section of land in foreground and a group of men working amongst piles of lumber in the background. Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation.

2013.6.36.1.003.069 · Item · Aug. 1965
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a steam grab belonging to the Vancouver Pile Driving & Contracting Co. Ltd, mounted on a scow and transferring gravel from another scow on the seaward side and rear of the wall. The portion in the foreground will become solid ground but it is now exposed to tides. The construction of the new pier is to the west of the Centennial Pier on the site of the original Hastings Mill.

2000.13.1.65 · Item · [between 1962 and 1967].
Part of Ray Williston fonds

Item is a photograph of the construction of a temporary river bed to divert the Peace River during construction of the W.A.C. Bennett Dam.