Transportation and Utilities

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  • Act of means of transporting from one place to another
  • Act of means of providing water, power, sewage, etc. to communities
  • Facilities and infrastructures (eg. harbours, highways, airports, hydroelectric projects)
  • Vehicles, rolling stock, aircraft, equipment, ships and boats, ferries
  • Accidents (eg. highway crashes, derailments, air crashes, ship wrecks)
  • Rescue services (eg. towing, coast guard)
  • Businesses and corporations (eg. motor associations)
  • Professional organizations and unions
  • SEE ALSO: Agriculture; Business and Commerce; Industries; Military

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          162 Archival description results for Transportation and Utilities

          2000.1.1.3.15.30 · Item · June 1970
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          Photograph depicts truck at reject plant in foreground. Mine road can be seen leading to plant in centre background, town in right background. South mountain range visible in distance. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "June 1970 / Looking South across Rock Reject Tailings / Note Southern direction of conveyor [?] towards No 1 Gully. Tom Kiefer".

          Old Mine Garage
          2000.1.1.3.15.19 · Item · [1962?]
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          Photograph depicts bulldozers, car, and fuel tanks in front of two-door garage on edge of mine area. Unidentified machinery can be seen behind garage. Mine valley crosses midground, western mountain range in background. What appears to be framing measurements are annotated on verso.

          Official Tours
          2000.1.1.4.1 · File · ca. 1968; 1978
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          File contains photographs depicting four different tours that took place at the mine, plant, and towns owned by Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. Tours include Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's visit to Clinton Creek in 1968 and Member of Parliament Iona Campagnolo's visit to Cassiar in 1978. Photographs also depict a party of ambassadors touring Cassiar in 1970, and the dedication of a building in the Cassiar plant in the late 1970s.

          Model of Mine
          2000.1.1.3.15.04 · Item · 1955
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          Photograph depicts what appears to be a small model of projected bench mining on McDame mountain. The model stands outdoors on small wood table, car partially visible in background. Annotation printed in border on verso of photograph: "1955."

          2000.1.1.3.13.42 · Item · 1978
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          Photograph depicts the Cassiar mine, switchback road in foreground, mountain range in background. Pit is visible behind the West peak. The new mine garage can be seen on West peak just above "#7 switchback" in centre of image. Photograph was taken from the air, portion of plane visible in top left of image.

          2000.1.1.3.13.44 · Item · 1978
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          Photograph depicts the Cassiar mine, switchback road in foreground, mountain range in background. Pit is visible behind the West peak. The new mine garage can be seen on West peak just above "#7 switchback" in centre of image. Photograph was taken from the air, portion of plane visible in top left of image.

          2000.1.1.3.13.45 · Item · 1978
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          Photograph depicts the Cassiar mine, switchback road in foreground, mountain range in background. Pit is visible to right of West peak. The new mine garage can be seen on West peak just above "#7 switchback" in centre of image.

          Mine Garage & West Peak
          2000.1.1.3.15.09 · Item · [ca. 1958]
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          Photograph depicts buildings near West Peak of Cassiar mine. Haul trucks parked near old mine garage in background, new mine garage and unknown buildings in foreground. Mine valley crosses midground, expansive western mountain range in background.

          2000.1.1.2.1.203 · Item · 11 June 1952
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          Photograph depicts men building truck dump in foreground, building believed to be power house in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "Pictures taken June 11th: (3) Framing water tank tower. Water well in foreground and tower timbers and oil tanks in background. Looking east." [Note believed to be incorrect.]

          2000.1.1.2.1.259 · Item · April 1952
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          Photograph depicts high snow bank on right, side of tractor plow on left. Mountainside in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "3. Plowing snow on road to mine. This location is just past the Upper Camp. Our TD-14 tractor to left."

          2000.1.1.2.1.228 · Item · 7 June 1952
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          Photograph depicts mountain side, semi-covered in snow. Snowbank in foreground. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "8. Shows snow conditions in gully just north of talus deposit on south slope. Note considerable snow still above road. Estimated depth of snow here to be from 10 to 20 feet [see also item 2000.1.1.2.229]."

          2000.1.1.2.1.202 · Item · 11 June 1952
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          Photograph depicts building materials and men working in construction area on plant site. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "Pictures taken June 11th: (2) Walls for power house poured. Oil tank foundations in foreground and mill in background. Looking south."

          2000.1.1.2.1.287 · Item · April 1952
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          Photograph depicts man working in dirt area behind wood fence-like structure. Trees in background, track plow semi-visible on right. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "8. Well for industrial water. Located in Northwest corner of Plant Site."

          2000.1.1.2.1.242 · Item · June 1952
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          Photograph depicts man working on foundation site, building materials in foreground, oil tank and mountains in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "10. Shows one foundation already poured for the diesel engines, and behind is seen the concrete form for the second."