Captions read: Shows settlement of class 19[?] in muskeg, mile 86 - Foundation Fill, camp 6 - Pilot ditch dug with class in drag, shows how muskeg rises in ditch after being excavated to a depth of 8 feet.
Captions read: Views at Camp 2, Mile 51 - Packed backfill, gravel - Inverst after Rainstorm - Boulders from trench - Mixer, concrete cars, and gas dinkey - Pads protected from frost with moss - Manhole and blowoff - Mixer.
Forms part of Fonds 15. Series consists of photographs taken by GWWD employees during the building of the Greater Winnipeg Aqueduct that brings water from Shoal Lake to Winnipeg. Photos are made up of nitrate negatives and lantern slides.
Photograph of a dredge excavating the Falcon River Diversion Canal between Indian Bay and Snowshoe Bay, with consulting Engineer James H. Fuertes standing to the right. Photograph is looking northwest and the photographer is unknown.
Photograph of a mixer site opposite Greater Winnipeg Water District siding rail line number 8, east of East Braintree, Manitoba. Photographer is unknown.
Contract 65 - Mile 1.5 - View of contractor's plant at Sta. 79+00 on Pacific Avenue, looking east toward Xante Street. Work progressed eastward from Alexander Avenue at Yeomans Street. Buildings of Western Packing Company Ltd. (abatoir & pork packing) a
Contract 65 - Mile 1.5 - View of hoist lowering 48 inch diameter pressure pipe into trench at Sta. 79+50 on Pacific Avenue, looking east toward Xante Street. Mucking hoist in background. Work progressed eastward from Alexander Avenue at Yeomans Street.
Contract 65 - Mile 1.5 - View of mucking hoist hauling excavated material to dump wagon on Pacific Avenue, looking east toward Xante Street. Work progressed eastward from Alexander Avenue at Yeomans Street. Buildings of Western Packing Company Ltd. (aba
