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"Japan Line"
2013.6.36.1.068.05 · Item · 23 Nov. 1968
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts containers being hoisted onto "Japan Line" by means of a steam derrick (owned by Mckenzie Barge and Derrick Co. Ltd.) tied alongside scow holding containers. Davies notes that this was an unusual sight.

2013.6.36.1.068.16 · Item · [June 1966]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a Japanese cadet sailing ship called "Kaiuo Maru" at Centennial Pier, Vancouver. Its visit was part of 1966 Vancouver Sea Festival and the ship was open to the public for inspection. Note the radar apparatus on the foremast.

RCAF Langer
2013.6.36.1.077.03 · Item · Aug. 1975
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts an RCAF Langer that was erected in 1942 as part of a flying boat base to counter possible Japanese sea and activities. It was used subsequently as whaling station premises.

Former "A" Pier of the CPR
2013.6.36.1.088.26 · Item · 9 Nov. 1968
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the former "A" Pier of the CPR near the entrance to Coal Harbour. Undergoing dismantling or major renovation of the pier. The steam crane on a scow belonged to Vancouver Pile Driving and Contracting Co. Ltd. Left of the crane's jib was a new CPR rail slip in construction.

2020.4.6.131 · File · 1985
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for Transport Canada for the "Drainage and Integrated Land Use Investigation - Boundary Bay Airport" project in Vancouver. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #131; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes. File also includes an accompanying oversize aerial photograph.