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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          2011.3.3.4 · Item · [ca. 1905]
          Part of North Coast & Central BC Postcard Collection

          Typed annotation in red ink on recto reads: “3rd Ave. Prince Rupert. B.C.” People, boardwalks, horse & wagons and store signs are visible. Rubble and unknown material lies on ground between boardwalks. Typed annotation in red ink on recto reads: “3rd Ave. Prince Rupert. B.C.”

          Thompson Canyon
          2013.6.36.3.08.03 · Item · [after 1949]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Postcard depicts a "Spectacular sight to be seen while travelling through this Canyon. Many trains rumble past with heavy loads making a grand sight when they twist and turn around corners along the clear blue water of the Thompson River."

          Thompson River
          2013.6.36.1.106.04 · Item · 26 Aug. 1995
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts CN track 1 mile east of Walhachin. Looking east. Thompson River running downstream, towards the camera. CPR also goes through Walhachin.

          Thompson River
          2013.6.36.1.106.03 · Item · 26 Aug. 1995
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts CN track 1 mile east of Walhachin. Looking east. Thompson River running downstream, towards the camera.

          Thompson River
          2013.6.36.1.106.08 · Item · 26 Aug. 1995
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts CN track 1 mile east of Walhachin. Looking east. Thompson River running downstream, towards the camera.

          Three diversion tunnels
          2000.13.1.66 · Item · [between 1962 and 1967].
          Part of Ray Williston fonds

          Item is a photograph of the three tunnels built to divert the Peace River around the Bennett Dam construction site.

          2006.20.12.4 · Item · [ca. 1940]
          Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts two men (one in uniform) standing in an airstrip under the nose of a military plane with the number "7632" on its side. A third man stands in uniform on far right, and a building can be seen in distance behind him on the flat horizon. Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "MAJESTIC '32'." It is believed this photograph was taken at the military base in Whitehorse, YT.

          Royal Canadian Air Force
          2013.6.36.1.009.50 · Item · Apr. 1966
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts Tilbury dock on the Delta shore of the Fraser River. The stern of the Canadian National Railway (CN) onboard railcar carrier SS "Canora" is about 10ft away, and showing tidal and moving a piece of dock leading to shore.

          Tilbury rail terminal
          2013.6.36.1.013.32 · Item · [May 1965]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts the view of the Tilbury rail terminal on the south bank of the south arm of the Fraser River, 1 1/2 miles east of Deer Island Tunnel. S.S. Canora is also in the picture.

          2009.7.1.092 · Item · [ca. 1876 - ca. 1900]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Totem poles (crest poles?) stand in front of a line of houses. Blanketed canoes sit on beach in right foreground; forest in background.

          Handwritten annotations on verso read: “skidegate village Queen Charlotte Islands as it appeared forty years ago"; "Rev W.E. Collison Prince Rupert"; "Hughes"; "1".

          Tow of cannery fishing boats
          2004.2.1.104 · Item · 1898-1920
          Part of Reverend R.W. Large fonds

          Photograph depicts a tug boat hauling a line of small fishing boats across the water with a mountain in the background. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "Tow of Cannery Fishing boats"

          2006.20.12.25 · Item · [ca. 1940]
          Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

          Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "Tower & Adm. Bldg, Ft. Nelson." Photograph depicts long white building with tower raised in middle, ladders and scaffolding in front. Trucks and groups of men in foreground, some on building itself. Power poles in foreground and background.

          Royal Canadian Air Force
          2012.13.2.15.24 · File · 2002-2004
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes and reproductions relating to townsites along the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. Includes material regarding townsite planning for McBride, Willow River, Prince George, Terrace, Prince Rupert, and South Hazelton.

          2004.5.50 · Item · 1911-1912
          Part of Fort Fraser Historical Photograph Collection

          Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "51. Tract-laying west of Fort Fraser." Photograph depicts a man looking at a section of railway track, a large steam powered machine is in the background. Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation.

          Track shed along CPR line
          2013.6.36.1.027.01 · Item · [23 June 1979]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a track shed about 1 mile south of Beaverdell or at about mile 43.25 on the CPR line in the Carmi Subdivision. Despite the open doors and ease of access, it was the only hut on the line found to contain track materials and correspondence. It retained 50 memos addressed to the Section Foreman [at Beaverdell?].

          2013.6.36.1.026.19 · Item · [22 June 1979]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts the trackage in the mid section of the McCulloch depot area. The left line is a passing track, the mid line is the mainline, and the right track is for storage. The depot is located at mile 76.6, on the Carmi Subdivision. The view is looking north.

          Trackmobile
          2013.6.36.1.114.03 · Item · [May 2004]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a "trackmobile" in the CNR Boston Bar yard. Work on replacing ties was being carried out 5-10 miles to north.

          2013.6.36.1.005.70 · Item · Oct. 1965
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a rear view of 4 of the 6 traction engines in Nanton, Alberta. The left engine was built by Reeves and Co. in Columbus, Indiana, U.S. Its identification is #4438, it has 2 cylinder simple, and a roof. The next engine was built by Waterloo Mfg. Co. Ltd. in Waterloo, Ontario and has a single cylinder. The third engine was built by Sawyer Massey. The engine on the right side is a Gaar Scott, built in 1913, and has 25 horsepower on the drawbar and 75 horsepower on the belt.

          2013.6.36.1.005.67 · Item · Oct. 1965
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts traction engines owned by Jack Burrows in Nanton, Alberta. There are six in this photo, all of which appear could be steamed, another two in derelict condition, and one in the village in working order. Running from front to rear in the photo: 1) Reeves with roof, U.S. 2) Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 3) Massey, Canada 4) Gaar Scott with roof, U.S. 5) Massey, Hamilton, Canada 6) Gaar Scott, U.S.

          Trailer Service
          2000.1.1.3.03 · File · Nov. 1975 - Aug. 1976
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          File contains 20 slides date stamped between July and August 1976 and annotated “TRAILER SERVICE SUMMER 1976", depicting the construction and renovation of a mobile home, excavations, and structures believed to be wells or water boxes. File also contains 9 additional slides with no annotations, depicting mobile home and houses in winter. These 9 images are associated with materials dated Nov. – Dec. 1976 and it is likely that these photographs were taken in the winter of 1975-1976.

          Train
          2012.13.1.54.50 · Item · July 1980
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a train in an uncertain location, though it is possibly Howe Sound in the background.

          Train
          2012.13.1.54.51 · Item · July 1980
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a train in an uncertain location.