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Coking ovens at Union Bay
2013.6.36.1.005.08 · Pièce · Aug. 1964
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the coking ovens at Union Bay on Vancouver Island. They belong to the Canadian Collieries Ltd. and the date last used is unknown.

Coaling wharf at Union Bay
2013.6.36.1.005.09 · Pièce · Aug. 1964
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the coaling wharf at Union Bay on Vancouver Island. It is the property of the Canadian Colliery Resources Ltd. It was last used on August 15, 1960. Thereafter, all equipment and railways were dismantled but the water tank is still standing.

Cominco Ltd. In Kimberley, B.C.
2013.6.36.1.010.50 · Pièce · Oct. 1965
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Cominco Ltd. In Kimberley, near Cranbrook. There is a 3' gauge overhead electric railway serving the underground workings of Sullivan mine. The view shows the C.P.R. access in the valley and the old mine portal, still used for in-going materials and supplies, at the right center of the photo.

"British Columbia Railway Belt"
2013.6.35.01 · Pièce · 1 July 1909
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Government map depicts railway lands, lands "disposed of", grazing leases, and timber berths. Shows the British Columbia 'railway belt' running from Greater Vancouver to Field, B.C.

Separated Photographs
2013.6.36.2 · Sous-série organique · 1960-2013
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Subseries consists of prints and negatives depicting railways in British Columbia separated from the textual records of the David Davies Railway Collection.

Early steam donkey at Promised Land Park
2013.6.36.1.004.17 · Pièce · [1964?]
Fait partie 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 · Pièce · [July 1965]
Fait partie 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 · Pièce · Apr. 1966
Fait partie 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 · Pièce · Aug. 1964
Fait partie 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 · Pièce · Oct. 1965
Fait partie 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.

"Cowichan Lake, British Columbia"
2013.6.35.25 · Pièce · 1955
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Map depicts the Cowichan Lake area, including rail trackage for the Western Forest Industries Logging Railway, the Canadian National Railway, and the BC Forest Products Logging Railway.