- i01195
- Item
- [between 1914 and 1918]
Permeability test apparatus. Concrete test samples at lower left side.
Greater Winnipeg Water District
Permeability test apparatus. Concrete test samples at lower left side.
Greater Winnipeg Water District
Forms for arch of sections 3 and 5
Contract 32 - Mile 57 - Forms for arch sections 3 and 5. Photo by W.G. Chace.
Greater Winnipeg Water District
Three sections of arch as viewed from invert
Contract 31 - Mile 43 - Three sections of arch as viewed from invert.
Greater Winnipeg Water District
Bucyrus Class 7 dragline backfilling completed aqueduct
Contract 33 - Mile 71 - Bucyrus Class 7 dragline backfilling completed aqueduct. (l to r) Engineer of Design Maxwell V. Sauer (at aqueduct), Division 32 Engineer Geroge F. Richan, Division 30 Engineer C.J. Bruce, and Unknown.
Greater Winnipeg Water District
Backfilling over aqueduct with dragline
Contract 30 - Mile 23 - Backfilling over aqueduct with dragline.
Greater Winnipeg Water District
Contract 33 - Mile 82 - Dental surgery at Siding 8, Glenn.
Greater Winnipeg Water District
Intake - Last train to cofferdam fill
Contract 35 - Mile 97.5 - Intake - Last train to cofferdam fill. View taken from rock cut. Note riprap on east dyke.
Greater Winnipeg Water District
Test on a P.S. pipe, Transcona
Contract 55 - Canada Lock Joint Pipe, Ltd. precast pipe plant in Transcona. Hydrostatic pressure test on "P.S." section pipe - 40 pounds pressure. Same pipe section as in image 718. P.S. section pipe was designed for railway crossings and the Seine River crossing.
Greater Winnipeg Water District
Test on a P.S. pipe, Transcona
Contract 55 - Canada Lock Joint Pipe, Ltd. precast pipe plant in Transcona. Hydrostatic pressure test on a "P.S." section pipe - 40 pounds pressure. Same pipe section as in image 709. P.S. section pipe was designed for railway crossings and the Seine River crossing.
Greater Winnipeg Water District
View of men mucking trench for 48-inch diameter Branch 1 aqueduct at Sta. 169+00 on Pacific Avenue
Contract 65 - Mile 3.2 - View of men mucking trench for 48 inch diameter Branch 1 aqueduct at Sta. 169+00 on Pacific Avenue. Looking west between Louise Street and Main Street. Work progressed westward from the west tunnel shaft. Building of The James
Greater Winnipeg Water District
Tunnel shaft of Red River Crossing
Tunnel shaft of Red River Crossing.
Greater Winnipeg Water District
Contract 15 - Mile 97.5 - Falcon River Diversion Dyke - Contractor Tomlinson & Fleming's camp at Indian Bay, looking southward from borrow pit. Panoramic view with image 35. Photo by Douglas L. McLean.
Greater Winnipeg Water District
Only station woman on the railway construction
Contract 8 - Railway construction - Only station woman on the railway construction. Photo by C.J. Bruce.
Greater Winnipeg Water District
Test Sections of Aqueduct at Exhibition Grounds
Contract 20 - Test Sections of Aqueduct - External load testing. Test sections of aqueduct were constructed at the Exhibition Grounds. Looking west toward McPhillips St.
Greater Winnipeg Water District
Contractor's Device for Moving Outside Forms
Contract 32 - Mile 57 - Contractor's device for moving outside arch forms.
Greater Winnipeg Water District
Side view of 20 cubic yard air dump car
McCorkell Pit - Mile 31 - Side view of 20 cubic yard air dump car.
Greater Winnipeg Water District
Contract 33 - Mile 77.66 - East end of first Boggy River siphon at Sta. 4100+50.
Greater Winnipeg Water District
Contract 34 - Mile 89 - Putting in box drains.
Greater Winnipeg Water District
Mile 97.5 - Party at Indian Bay. Index in original Kodak Negative File provides the following list of people: Unknown, Winnipeg Alderman J.J. Wallace, Astley, Irving, Haddin, Shamin(?).
Greater Winnipeg Water District
Bending steel for inverts, Camp 3
Contract 30 - Mile 25 - Camp 3 - Bending invert steel reinforcing bars to template. Division 30 Engineer C.J. Bruce at center (hands on hips).
Greater Winnipeg Water District