Building the Shoal Lake Aqueduct
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- 1915
A photograph of the building of the Shoal Lake Aqueduct. Officially opened on September 9, 1919. Item appears to be a photographic reproduction of an image dated June 24, 1915.
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Building the Shoal Lake Aqueduct
A photograph of the building of the Shoal Lake Aqueduct. Officially opened on September 9, 1919. Item appears to be a photographic reproduction of an image dated June 24, 1915.
Buildings and water tower of Union Stock Yards
Part of Morris Block collection
Block, Morris
Series consists of 269 numbered by-laws of the Greater Winnipeg Water District. Two indices are available: Index to By-Laws 1-163 and Index to By-Laws 164-258. The last eleven by-laws are not included in either index. The indices list by-laws in number order and provide a description of their purpose. By-laws were drafted for a variety of reasons, including appointments to District boards, to define duties of District officers, to borrow and/or spend money, to establish rates for municipalities served by the District, and to repeal existing District by-laws.
Greater Winnipeg Water District
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
A photograph of high water surrounding a causeway that ran to the Rover Street hydro station during the 1950 flood.
Harold K. White Studio
Chief Engineer Chace in aqueduct arch
Photograph of William G. Chace, Chief Engineer of the Winnipeg Aqueduct, standing in front of a completed aqueduct arch east of Brokenhead River. Photographer is unknown.
Greater Winnipeg Water District
City Health Department, Annual Reports
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
Annual reports of the Department of Health for the years 1917-1921. Provides information and statistics on Department initiatives and public health within the City more generally, including diseases (including the “Spanish Influezna” or “Spanish Flu” outbreak), inoculations, education campaigns, food quality, scavenging and waste disposal, deaths, and general saniation. Also includes information about budgets and finances within the Department.
Winnipeg (Man.). Committee on Public Health and Welfare
City of Winnipeg - 18,000,000 Imperial Gallon Reservoir, General Progress
Mounted photograph showing general progress of 18,000,000 Imperial Gallon Reservoir as of August 4, 1913. Photo by Robson Photo.
City of Winnipeg - 18,000,000 Imperial Gallon Reservoir, No. 2 Mixer
Mounted photograph of 18,000,000 Imperial Gallon Reservoir, No. 2 Mixer. Taken by J.H. Clarke, West Selkirk, Manitoba.
City pipe line – rain water running through ditch
Part of Morris Block collection
Block, Morris
City pipe line raised by rains
Part of Morris Block collection
Block, Morris
City pipeline raised by rain near well number 3
Part of Morris Block collection
Block, Morris
Clearing debris for aqueduct west of Snake Lake
Photograph of workers clearing debris between pole piling for the Winnipeg Aqueduct west of Snake Lake. Photographer is unknown.
Greater Winnipeg Water District
Forms part of Fonds 15. Series consists of communications and reports created or received by the Greater Winnipeg Water District. Included are copies of a 1912 report by Charles Slichter and Rudolph Hering’s Report on a Water Supply from Shoal Lake for the Greater Winnipeg Water District, 1913. Also included are various maps and plans for the aqueduct, aqueduct operating and intake records, correspondence regarding land right of ways and correspondence regarding the rail line constructed by the GWWD.
Greater Winnipeg Water District
Concrete section of aqueduct near Spruce Siding
Photograph of a concrete section of the Winnipeg Aqueduct near Spruce Siding, Manitoba. The aqueduct section is packed with backfill and ready for more to be placed by machine. Photographer is unknown.
Greater Winnipeg Water District
Contractor's camp at Indian Bay
Photograph of Greater Winnipeg Water District contractor Tomlinson and Fleming's camp at Indian Bay. Photograph taken by Douglas L. McLean.
Greater Winnipeg Water District
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
Detached from page 152 of Water Works Scrapbook. A photograph of City employee D. W. (Bud) Steuart. Likely worked for the Water Works Department at one point. This black and white photograph shows Steuart posing in a residential area at winter time. Inscription (on recto): "Bud". Caption: "D. W. Steuart, Entered Service 28 May 1911, Left Service June 5, 191[7], On Active Service for King & Country." Date of photograph is approximate, [ca. 1917].
Dental surgery next to GWWD Railway between East Braintree and Shoal Lake
Photograph of a man performing dental surgery at the side of Greater Winnipeg Water District Railway between East Braintree, Manitoba, and Shoal Lake. Photographer is unknown.
Greater Winnipeg Water District