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Alexandra Bridge
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/photos11641
- Photographer / Studio
- Unknown
- Date
- 1880
- Accession Number
- 3259
- Material Type
- photograph
- Content
- At Alexandra Bluff on Fraser River with CPR under construction.
- Photographer / Studio
- Unknown
- Date
- 1880
- Content
- At Alexandra Bluff on Fraser River with CPR under construction.
- Corporation
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Spuzzum - Alexandra Bridge
- Accession Number
- 3259
- Material Type
- photograph
- Physical Description
- Copy negative (10x13 cm)
- Copy print (20x25 cm)
- Photocopy display print (20x25 cm)
- Copyright
- Public Domain
Images
Alexandra Bridge
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/photos11642
- Photographer / Studio
- Unknown
- Date
- 1880
- Accession Number
- 3271
- Material Type
- photograph
- Content
- At Alexandra Bluff on Fraser River with CPR under construction.
- Photographer / Studio
- Unknown
- Date
- 1880
- Content
- At Alexandra Bluff on Fraser River with CPR under construction.
- Corporation
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Spuzzum - Alexandra Bridge
- Accession Number
- 3271
- Material Type
- photograph
- Physical Description
- Copy negative (10x13 cm)
- Copy print (20x25 cm)
- Photocopy display print (20x25 cm)
- Copyright
- Public Domain
Images
Andrew Onderdonk, August 30, 1848-June 21, 1905
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/cni49433
- Author
- Johnston, Bill
- Date
- December 2018
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Abstract
- Oversaw some of the construction of the CPR in British Columbia. Also known for employing Chinese workers in the project.
- Author
- Johnston, Bill
- Role
- Author
- Date
- December 2018
- Person
- Onderdonk, Andrew, 1848-1905
- Corporation
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Topic
- Railroads - Design and construction
- Railroad construction workers
- Chinese Canadians
- First facts - Chinese
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Source Title
- West Coast Railway Association News
- Volume
- 58
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 14-15
- Abstract
- Oversaw some of the construction of the CPR in British Columbia. Also known for employing Chinese workers in the project.
Award for Canada Line builder criticized
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/cni48411
- Author
- Lupick, Travis
- Date
- April 29 - May 6, 2010
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Vancouver Metropolitan Area
- Material Type
- newspaper article
- Author
- Lupick, Travis
- Role
- Author
- Date
- April 29 - May 6, 2010
- Person
- Heyes, Susan
- Corporation
- SNC-Lavalin Inc.
- Canada Line
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Vancouver Metropolitan Area
- Material Type
- newspaper article
- Source Title
- Georgia Straight
- Volume
- 44
- Issue
- 2210
- Pages
- 11
B.C.'s 30 boom years of railway building: 1895-1925
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/cni46540
- Author
- Davies, David L.I.
- Role
- Author
- Date
- Spring 2008
- Person
- Onderdonk, Andrew, 1848-1905
- Corporation
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Canadian Northern Railway Company
- Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company
- Pacific Great Eastern Railway
- Kettle Valley Railway
- Topic
- Railroads - Design and construction
- Railroads - Surveying
- Railroad bridges
- Railroad tunnels
- Railroad engineering
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Physical Description
- illustrations
- Source Title
- Sandhouse
- Volume
- 33
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 6-28
B.C.'s 30 boom years of railway building - Part 2
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/cni46548
- Author
- Davies, David L.I.
- Role
- Author
- Date
- Summer 2008
- Topic
- Railroad engineering
- Railroad construction workers
- Railroads - Design and construction
- Railroad tunnels
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Physical Description
- illustrations
- Source Title
- Sandhouse
- Volume
- 33
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 6-30
Bellingham Bay & British Columbia : the little railroad that thought it could
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/cni40969
- Author
- Foster, George T.
- Date
- Summer 2006
- Geographic Location
- Washington
- British Columbia - Mission
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Abstract
- "On June 21, 1883 ... the BB&BC Railroad Company ... promised to construct, equip and maintain a railroad to be operated by steam power from Bellingham Bay northeast to where it would join the CPR at Mission, B.C. ... On March 1, 1891, the BB&BC reached Sumas and the beginning of the CPR track."
- Author
- Foster, George T.
- Role
- Author
- Date
- Summer 2006
- Period
- Nineteenth century
- Geographic Location
- Washington
- British Columbia - Mission
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Physical Description
- maps
- illustrations
- Source Title
- Columbia
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 6-14
- Abstract
- "On June 21, 1883 ... the BB&BC Railroad Company ... promised to construct, equip and maintain a railroad to be operated by steam power from Bellingham Bay northeast to where it would join the CPR at Mission, B.C. ... On March 1, 1891, the BB&BC reached Sumas and the beginning of the CPR track."
Bernard Gore, General Director of the Wenner Gren project
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/photos35633
- Photographer / Studio
- Province Newspaper
- Cunningham, William
- Date
- Date not available
- Accession Number
- 60811
- Material Type
- photograph
- Content
- The original negative has deteriorated and is not recommended for reproduction.
- Photographer / Studio
- Province Newspaper
- Cunningham, William
- Collection
- Province Newspaper Collection
- Date
- Date not available
- Content
- The original negative has deteriorated and is not recommended for reproduction.
- Person
- Gore, Bernard
- Corporation
- Wenner Gren Development Company
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia
- Accession Number
- 60811
- Material Type
- photograph
- Physical Description
- Source negative (11x13cm)
- Copyright
- Copyright restrictions may apply
Images
Bernard Gore with Einar Gunderson of the Wenner Gren project
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/photos35634
- Photographer / Studio
- Province Newspaper
- Sedawie, Gordon F.
- Date
- November 1958
- Accession Number
- 60812
- Material Type
- photograph
- Content
- The original negative has deteriorated and is not recommended for reproduction.
- Photographer / Studio
- Province Newspaper
- Sedawie, Gordon F.
- Collection
- Province Newspaper Collection
- Date
- November 1958
- Content
- The original negative has deteriorated and is not recommended for reproduction.
- Part of a series 60812 - 60812A.
- Both images are similiar so only 60812 has been scanned.
- Person
- Gore, Bernard
- Corporation
- Wenner Gren Development Company
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia
- Accession Number
- 60812
- Material Type
- photograph
- Physical Description
- Source negative (11x13cm)
- Copyright
- Public Domain
Images
Black Canyon and railway grade : looking down the Fraser River Valley
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/photos10937
- Photographer / Studio
- Unknown
- Date
- 1881
- Accession Number
- 411
- Material Type
- photograph
- Content
- "Gordon's Bluff, 1 mile below Yale, looking down valley" - C.P.R. under construction.
- Photographer / Studio
- Unknown
- Date
- 1881
- Content
- "Gordon's Bluff, 1 mile below Yale, looking down valley" - C.P.R. under construction.
- Corporation
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Black Canyon
- British Columbia - Cariboo Highway
- British Columbia - Fraser River
- Accession Number
- 411
- Material Type
- photograph
- Physical Description
- Copy negative (10x13 cm)
- Copy print (20x25 cm)
- Photocopy display print (20x25 cm)
- Copyright
- Public Domain
Images
Bluffs 15 1/2 miles above Yale : looking south during C.P.R. construction
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/photos10929
- Photographer / Studio
- Unknown
- Date
- 1881
- Accession Number
- 404
- Material Type
- photograph
- Photographer / Studio
- Unknown
- Date
- 1881
- Corporation
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Yale
- Accession Number
- 404
- Material Type
- photograph
- Physical Description
- Copy negative (10x13 cm)
- Copy print (20x25 cm)
- Photocopy display print (20x25 cm)
- Copyright
- Public Domain
Images
Broadway Subway
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/cni49656
- Author
- Unknown
- Date
- Autumn 2022
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Vancouver
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Abstract
- Progress of the first tunnell boring machine and installation of traffic decks covering excavated pits.
- Author
- Unknown
- Role
- Author
- Date
- Autumn 2022
- Corporation
- Millennium Line. Broadway Subway Extension
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Vancouver
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Source Title
- Sandhouse
- Volume
- 47
- Issue
- 187
- Pages
- 49
- Abstract
- Progress of the first tunnell boring machine and installation of traffic decks covering excavated pits.
Broadway Subway
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/cni49658
- Author
- Unknown
- Date
- spring 2022
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Vancouver
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Abstract
- Arrival of the first tunnell boring machine components.
- Author
- Unknown
- Role
- Author
- Date
- spring 2022
- Corporation
- Millennium Line. Broadway Subway Extension
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Vancouver
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Physical Description
- illustrations
- Source Title
- Sandhouse
- Volume
- 47
- Issue
- 185
- Pages
- 47
- Abstract
- Arrival of the first tunnell boring machine components.
Broadway Subway
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/cni49659
- Author
- Unknown
- Date
- winter 2021-2022
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Vancouver
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Abstract
- Beginning work on the elevated guideway, specifics about the tunnel boring machines, excavation of stations, and installation of traffic decks above.
- Author
- Unknown
- Role
- Author
- Date
- winter 2021-2022
- Corporation
- Millennium Line. Broadway Subway Extension
- Topic
- Railroad engineering
- Railroads - Design and construction
- Railroads, Elevated
- Railroad stations
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Vancouver
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Physical Description
- illustrations
- Source Title
- Sandhouse
- Volume
- 47
- Issue
- 184
- Pages
- 43-45
- Abstract
- Beginning work on the elevated guideway, specifics about the tunnel boring machines, excavation of stations, and installation of traffic decks above.
Broadway Subway gets set to launch tunnel boring machines
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/cni49657
- Author
- Unknown
- Date
- summer 2022
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Vancouver
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Abstract
- Assembly of the first tunnell boring machine, arrival of the second, and construction of the elevated guideway.
- Author
- Unknown
- Role
- Author
- Date
- summer 2022
- Corporation
- Millennium Line. Broadway Subway Extension
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Vancouver
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Physical Description
- illustrations
- Source Title
- Sandhouse
- Volume
- 47
- Issue
- 186
- Pages
- 26-27
- Abstract
- Assembly of the first tunnell boring machine, arrival of the second, and construction of the elevated guideway.
Building grade at station 220
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/photos17979
- Photographer / Studio
- Barley, H.C.
- Date
- November 5, 1898
- Accession Number
- 32081
- Material Type
- photograph
- Photographer / Studio
- Barley, H.C.
- Date
- November 5, 1898
- Topic
- Railroads - Design and construction
- Railroad stations
- Railroad construction workers
- Snow
- Mountains
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia
- Accession Number
- 32081
- Material Type
- photograph
- Physical Description
- Copy print (20x25 cm)
- Copyright
- Public Domain
Images
Canadian National Pacific Railway construction machinery at False Creek
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/photos20725
- Photographer / Studio
- Dominion Photo Co.
- Date
- 1917
- Accession Number
- 20229
- Material Type
- photograph
- Content
- Picture taken for B.C.E.R.
- Photographer / Studio
- Dominion Photo Co.
- Collection
- Dominion Photograph Company Collection
- Date
- 1917
- Content
- Picture taken for B.C.E.R.
- Corporation
- Canadian Northern Pacific Railway Company
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Vancouver - False Creek
- Accession Number
- 20229
- Material Type
- photograph
- Physical Description
- Glass negative (20x25 cm)
- Copyright
- Public Domain
Images
Canadian Pacific Railway under construction 15 1/2 miles above Yale
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/photos11653
- Photographer / Studio
- Unknown
- Date
- 1880
- Accession Number
- 3269
- Material Type
- photograph
- Photographer / Studio
- Unknown
- Date
- 1880
- Corporation
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Yale
- Accession Number
- 3269
- Material Type
- photograph
- Physical Description
- Copy negative (10x13 cm)
- Copy print (20x25 cm)
- Photocopy display print (20x25 cm)
- Copyright
- Public Domain
Images
Canadian Pacific Railway under construction three and a half miles above Yale on the Fraser River
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/photos11643
- Photographer / Studio
- Unknown
- Date
- 1880
- Accession Number
- 3260
- Material Type
- photograph
- Photographer / Studio
- Unknown
- Date
- 1880
- Corporation
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Yale
- British Columbia - Fraser River
- Accession Number
- 3260
- Material Type
- photograph
- Physical Description
- Copy negative (10x13 cm)
- Copy print (20x25 cm)
- Photocopy display print (20x25 cm)
- Copyright
- Public Domain
Images
Cariboo Road along the Fraser River with C.P.R. Construction in the foreground
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/photos10941
- Photographer / Studio
- Macmunn, Charles
- Date
- 1881
- Accession Number
- 419
- Material Type
- photograph
- Content
- Cariboo Road along Fraser River far side - C.P.R. under construction left foreground.
- Photographer / Studio
- Macmunn, Charles
- Date
- 1881
- Content
- Cariboo Road along Fraser River far side - C.P.R. under construction left foreground.
- Corporation
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Cariboo Highway
- British Columbia - Fraser River
- Accession Number
- 419
- Material Type
- photograph
- Physical Description
- Copy negative (10x13 cm)
- Copy print (20x25 cm)
- Photocopy display print (20x25 cm)
- Copyright
- Public Domain