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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          2013.6.36.1.007.021 · Item · Oct. 1965
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts the western portal of the C.P.R. Connaught Tunnel under Rogers Pass. The Glacier Station is a quarter mile to the rear of the camera. Fans are operated to force air through the tunnel against the direction of the trains, these therefore used for all westbound traffic. Diesel driven, steam for ancillary equipment.

          Westbridge CPR depot
          2013.6.36.1.027.14 · Item · [July 1966]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts the Westbridge CPR depot on the Kettle Valley Line. It is located about 11 miles north of Rock Creek and at about mile 123.3 east of Penticton. The depot house is disused and the sidings contained no cars, so there appears to be no local traffic.

          West Summerland CPR station
          2013.6.36.1.022.14 · Item · 2 Sept. 1970
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts the West Summerland CPR station in the Okanagan. The station often was used but not permanently manned. It was located at mile 9.5 from Penticton. The view is looking south.

          West Summerland CPR station
          2013.6.36.1.022.15 · Item · 2 Sept. 1970
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts the West Summerland CPR station in the Okanagan, located 9.5 miles from Penticton. The cloud in the middle distance is stone dust from a crusher on the east side of the track. The spur to the right leads to an old crusher but does not appear to be used.

          2000.1.1.3.18.005 · Item · [ca. 1960?]
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          Photograph depicts an unidentified individual wearing a welding helmet, and kneeling behind large bearing cups of one of the Ruston Hornsby diesel engines that turned the generators in the power house on the Cassiar plant. Door, bulletin board, and miscellaneous supplies in background.

          Weather ships, Sea Island
          2013.6.36.1.062.06 · Item · Oct. 1969
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts decommissioned weather ships. One was named "Stonetown." They were formerly coastguard vessels that were in use until 1968. Prior to that, they were corvettes of the RCN and moored in Vancouver Harbour at the Terminal Pier.

          Weather ship "Vancouver"
          2013.6.36.1.062.01 · Item · 1966
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a weather ship of the Canadian Coastguard called "Vancouver." It was fitting out after launching. This vessel and its sister ship, "Quada," were the largest vessels ever built on the western coast of Canada. "Vancouver" was retired in May 1981 as it was too costly to service.

          2009.7.1.137 · Item · [ca. 1910?]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Three men can be seen on deck of small boat. Rocky shore in foreground, forest and hills on opposite shore in background.

          Handwritten annotations on verso read: "Dad - en route up Nass River on official business. (hence the flag & business suit!)"; "Going up the Nass. Dad (Indian Agent) Cap Barry (Inspect. of Schools) travelling up the Nass River to Aiyansh".

          2009.7.1.140 · Item · [ca. 1925?]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Group of six men sit and stand on small boat close to shore. Rev. W.E. Collison stands on far right (son of Marion and Archdeacon W.H. Collison).

          Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Dr. Macdonald Med officer (Kincolith) / Dr. [McQuarrie?] Med officer Victoria / Steven Clayton Native boat owner / Capt. Bary - Insp. of Indian Schools / W.E. Collison Indian agent. / Inspection trip to villages of upper Nass River".

          2013.6.36.1.021.05 · Item · [24 May 1973]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts an abandoned water tower on CPR line at Brookmere, 30 miles south of Merritt. The trackage on the right has had the spikes removed but the yard consists of a mixture of completely removed, partially removed, and completely undisturbed track. An elderly couple and 2 elderly bachelors are the only year-round remaining inhabitants.

          2013.6.36.1.027.19 · Item · [July 1966]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a water tank car on the CPR line at Rock Creek. Rock Creek is located at mile 11.7 from Midway and east of Osoyoos. The water tank car was built in 192, holds 8000 gallons, and forms part of a work train. The sidings capacity here is 70 cars.

          2013.6.36.1.028.42 · Item · 18 Sept. 1970
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts water car #415319 standing on a little used spur in Nelson. It consists of a locomotive tender mounted on a flat car. It could be used as a firefighting unit, but it is merely lettered "service."

          2013.6.36.1.026.08 · Item · [22 June 1979]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts the washrooms on the west side of the line, about a quarter mile from the McCulloch CPR depot building. The depot is located at mile 76.6 on the Carmi Subdivision.

          Wartime Freight
          2013.6.29.27 · File · 1995-2019
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          File consists of:

          • Canadian Rail issue no. 447 (July-August 1995) which is devoted to Canada's Railways in World War II
          • Article by David Davies, "Wartime Freight in BC in WWII, 1939-1945"
          • Summary piece by David Davies, "What happened in British Columbia in WWII? 1939-1945: A Review of Military Events"
          2009.5.1.73 · Item · 26 May 1932
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Omineca Dist Walcott Suspension Bridge West Approach - looking East May 26 - 1932". Photograph depicts two white horses pulling a wagon in front of Walcott bridge. This bridge was moved from its original location in the Hagwilget Canyon, downstream from Walcott on the Bulkley River. It is a pedestrian bridge at the time of this photograph, though it was originally used by motor vehicles. Dirt road leading to bridge in foreground, with lumber and brush piles on either side. Trees and hills on opposite shore in background.