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36” City pipe line – valve at turn near well number 1

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Item
Aug. 1914

Part of Morris Block collection

Block, Morris

36” pipe – City pipe line

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Item
May 1914

Part of Morris Block collection

Block, Morris

36” pipe line bend at City well number 1

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Item
1914

Part of Morris Block collection

Block, Morris

Agreements and Contracts

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Series
1914-1923

Part of Greater Winnipeg Water District fonds

Forms part of Fonds 15. Series consists of numbered contracts and agreements entered into by the Greater Winnipeg Water District. Contracts and agreements are typically for the supply of building materials such as steel rails, steel splice bars or telephone lines, as well as for specific projects like the construction of a gate house or for clearance of a right-of-way. Plans and specifications are included with some contracts. The series is incomplete.

Greater Winnipeg Water District

Alderman Midwinter and trenching machine at City well number 8

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Item
Apr. 1914

Part of Morris Block collection

Block, Morris

Aqueduct drag line between East Braintree and Shoal Lake

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Item
1917

Part of Greater Winnipeg Water District fonds

Photograph of a dragline working on the Winnipeg Aqueduct between East Braintree, Manitoba, and Shoal Lake. Photographer is unknown.

Greater Winnipeg Water District

Aqueduct drainage siphon near Meadowvale

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Item
1915

Part of Greater Winnipeg Water District fonds

Photograph of workers next to a Winnipeg Aqueduct drainage siphon near Meadowvale, Manitoba. Photographer is unknown.

Greater Winnipeg Water District

Aqueduct officials party at Indian Bay

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Item
1916

Part of Greater Winnipeg Water District fonds

Photograph of Winnipeg Aqueduct officials and their families having a picnic at Indian Bay. The men in the foreground, from left to right: unknown, Controller John James Wallace, Controller John William Astley, "Irving" [caption on negative], St. Boniface Mayor John Power Howden[?], "Shamin" [caption on negative], unknown. Photographer unknown.

Greater Winnipeg Water District

Aqueduct pressure test at Transcona plant

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Item
Jul. 1917

Part of Greater Winnipeg Water District fonds

Photograph of a hydrostatic pressure test on a "P.S." section of pipe for the Winnipeg Aqueduct at Canada Lock Joint Pipe Ltd. in Transcona. The pipe was designed for crossing railways and the Seine River. Photographer is unknown.

Greater Winnipeg Water District

Aqueduct pressure test at Transcona plant

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Item
Jul. 1917

Part of Greater Winnipeg Water District fonds

Photograph of a hydrostatic pressure test on a "P.S." section of pipe for the Winnipeg Aqueduct at Canada Lock Joint Pipe Ltd. in Transcona. The pipe was designed for crossing railways and the Seine River. Photographer is unknown.

Greater Winnipeg Water District

Aqueduct siphon at Birch River crossing

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Item
1916

Part of Greater Winnipeg Water District fonds

Photograph of a Winnipeg Aqueduct siphon at the Birch River crossing near McMunn, Manitoba. Photographer is unknown.

Greater Winnipeg Water District

Aqueduct's route through St. Boniface

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Item
1918

Part of Greater Winnipeg Water District fonds

Photograph of the route of the Winnipeg Aqueduct's 66 inch diameter reinforced concrete pipeline, looking southeast towards where the Canadian Northern Railway line crosses Rue St. Joseph. Photograph taken from a concrete tower near the Taché surge tower by an unknown photographer.

Greater Winnipeg Water District

Backfilling section of aqueduct between Prawda and McMunn

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Item
1915

Part of Greater Winnipeg Water District fonds

Photograph of engineers standing next to a completed section of the Winnipeg Aqueduct being backfilled by a dragline, somewhere between Prawda, Manitoba, and McMunn, Manitoba. From left to right: Engineer of Design Maxwell V. Sauer (at aqueduct), Division Engineers George F. Richan and C.J. Bruce, and unknown. Photographer is unknown.

Greater Winnipeg Water District

Bathing beach at Waugh

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Item
7 Aug. 1922

Part of Greater Winnipeg Water District fonds

View of bathing beach at Waugh, looking south along beach. Image derived from glass lantern slide.

Greater Winnipeg Water District

Bend at well number 1 – 36” City pipe line

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Item
Aug. 1914

Part of Morris Block collection

Block, Morris

Bend at well number 1 – 36” City pipe line

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Item
Aug. 1914

Part of Morris Block collection

Block, Morris

Bending invert steel reinforcing for aqueduct south of Anola

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Item
1916

Part of Greater Winnipeg Water District fonds

Photograph of invert steel reinforcing for the Winnipeg Aqueduct being bent according to a template south of Anola, Manitoba. Division Engineer C.J. Bruce is at centre with his hands on his hips. Photographer is unknown.

Greater Winnipeg Water District

Box drains for aqueduct between East Braintree and Shoal Lake

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Item
1916

Part of Greater Winnipeg Water District fonds

Photograph of workers putting in box drains for a section of the Winnipeg Aqueduct between East Braintree, Manitoba, and Shoal Lake. Photographer is unknown.

Greater Winnipeg Water District

Branch 1