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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          4847 Archival description results for Transportation and Utilities

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          Tree Cutter
          2012.13.1.122.26 · Item · May 1980
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts two unidentified individuals examining a thick log still attached to the machine that cut it down. It is located somewhere in Prince George, B.C.

          2013.6.36.1.020.15 · Item · 15 Oct. 1972
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a trestle on the ex CPR Coquihalla line of the Kettle Valley Railway. It is a famous view spot because the trestle has a waterfall behind it. It is now the only intact trestle on the line because even the very small ones were demolished after the line closed on 23 November 1959. It is located about mile 21.7 from Brookmere. The grade here is about 1 in 53.

          Trip Preparation
          2012.13.1.60.01 · Item · July 1973
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a group of people preparing to depart on a trip. Location is uncertain, though it is possibly in Prince George, B.C.

          2013.6.36.1.022.17 · Item · [June 1979]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts the Trout Creek CPR bridge near Summerland, about 9 miles north of Penticton. It is about 620 ft. long and the creek is 240 ft. below it. It was first crossed by the Chief Engineer's train on October 25, 1913. The view is looking south east.

          Tugboat in Annacis Channel
          2013.6.36.1.012.23 · Item · [between 1964 and 1966]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a small tugboat rescuing a motor cruiser that had been swept downstream in the Annacis Channel against a bridge, about 1.5 miles southwest of the Patullo Bridge, New Westminster.

          2013.6.36.1.014.14 · Item · Apr. 1966
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts the tugboat "Gulf Margaret" with a Straits scow leaving the north arm of the Fraser River and entering the main river at New Westminster, travelling upstream. The tug belongs to the Gulf of Georgia Towing Company.

          Tugboat "Master"
          2013.6.36.1.012.22 · Item · [between 1964 and 1966]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a steam tugboat named "Master" owned by the World Ship Society (Vancouver Chapter). Photograph taken during Carnival and Regatta week in Vancouver.

          Tugboat "Master"
          2013.6.36.1.012.24 · Item · [between 1964 and 1966]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a steam tugboat named "Master" owned by the World Ship Society (Vancouver Chapter). Photograph taken during Carnival and Regatta week in Vancouver.

          Tugboat "Master"
          2013.6.36.1.012.21 · Item · [between 1964 and 1966]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a steam tugboat named "Master" owned by the World Ship Society (Vancouver Chapter). Photograph taken during Carnival and Regatta week in Vancouver.

          2011.18 · Collection · [between 1980 and 1985]

          Collection includes approximately 940 slides taken during the construction of the Tumbler Ridge Electric Railway during the early 1980s. Locations include the Anzac siding, the BC Rail Stuart subdivision, the Chetwynd subdivision, the Parsnip River area, Quintette, the Table River area, railway pipeline crossings, and the Wolverine River area, among others.

          Tunnel
          2012.13.1.100.15 · Item · 1999
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts the White Pass Train entering a tunnel in the mountain side.