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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          4835 Archival description results for Transportation and Utilities

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          Open Cab Truck
          2005.3.62 · Item · [ca. 1946]
          Part of John Hart Highway Photograph Collection

          Handwritten caption beside this photo reads: "1500wt 4x4". Photograph depicts small open cab truck with tire chains. Forest and unidentified buildings in background. A second vehicle is semi-visible on far left, as well as a pile of logs on far right.

          On the way to Fort Fraser
          2004.5.09 · Item · 1911-1912
          Part of Fort Fraser Historical Photograph Collection

          Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "35. On the way to Fort Fraser." Photograph depicts six men in overcoats and hats sitting in an automobile parked at curbside. Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation. Two of the men pictured have been identified as follows, back row (far left to right): George H. Salmon and Adolph Robinson.

          On a Boat
          2012.13.1.67.16 · Item · Aug. 1982
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts two men in the cabin of a boat somewhere near Kitimat, B.C.

          Old Trestle
          2012.13.1.100.22 · Item · 1999
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts an old trestle along the White Pass railway, and the White pass Train on the left of the image.

          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.

          Old CPR boxcar at Savona
          2013.6.36.1.016.36 · Item · 26 Oct. 1983
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts old CPR boxcar #42018 at Savona, on the west end of Kamloops Lake. It was built in July 1922 and is now in work service. It has steel ends and frame but wooden sides.

          Old business at Nelson, BC
          2013.6.36.1.028.20 · Item · 13 Aug. 1983
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts an old business car located on a spur on the west side of the Nelson CPR depot, where it seems to be a semi-fixture. The business car was #13 and had no dates.

          2009.7.1.314 · Item · [ca.1880-1920]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Photograph of a long bridge spanning two rock faces. Below is a smaller, half demolished wooden bridge. A small settlement is visible on the lower right. Annotation on recto reads: "Haquelqet Bridge." Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Old & New. Old Indian built bridge & later one at Hazelton, BC."

          Ohio Central Railway coach
          2013.6.36.1.135.07 · Item · Sept. 2001
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts an Ohio Central Railway coach that was brought to Victoria in 2000 for use in the tourist Pacific Wilderness Railway that commenced business in June 2000. This particular car had never been refurbished, suggesting it had a problem from the start. When rail service ceased in July 2001 and cars were taken back to Ohio Central, this one was refused movement over public railways and remained in the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway yard in Victoria. Had 22 windows per side.

          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.

          2009.5.3.26 · Item · [ca. 1912]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts four men standing under balcony of hotel near other buildings on street. Trees line the street, with protective structures built around their trunks. It is speculated that one of these men may be Mr. A. K. Bourchier. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "As you were".