1 photograph: b&w; 17.5 x 12.5 cm; reprint from original sepia which is badly damagesd
Workers unloading steel rails at the docks in Prince Rupert, 6000 tons of rail and enough for 240 miles of railroad. Info written on back in pencil. Also noted "Property G.T.P." Freighter name: "Bannockburn"
Date and cargo confirmed by Sept. 19, 1910 edition of "The Prince Rupert Optimist" on front page
Red leather photo album with the words "SMITHERS GRAND TRUNK
PACIFIC TOWN" written in gold on the front. The picture pages tie in the
side. The photos that were in this originally are P2596-P2623.
Red leather photo album with the words "SMITHERS GRAND TRUNK
PACIFIC TOWN" written in gold on the front. The picture pages tie in the
side. The photos that were in this originally are P2596-P2623.
History Of Use
This book was the property of W.J. Wilson
of Wetuskiwin, Alta. Donated by his son George Wilson of Wetuskiwin, Alta.
Fonds consists of a administrative records, including time books, distribution of labour procedure, table of spirals used on Mountain Division and an engineer trip ticket booklet related to the GTP Railway station in Smithers, B.C. Records also include a tourist booklet, blueprints of the interior …
Construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway commenced in 1905, under the direction of Charles Melville Hay. The present site of Prince Rupert was selected as the Pacific terminal and the community to be known as Smithers was made a station on the line. The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway was taken over by the federal government in 1919 and eventually became a part of the Canadian National Railways system.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of a administrative records, including time books, distribution of labour procedure, table of spirals used on Mountain Division and an engineer trip ticket booklet related to the GTP Railway station in Smithers, B.C. Records also include a tourist booklet, blueprints of the interior of the Smithers Station, as well as the exterior, and plans for a GTP water tank.
Arrangement
Records were rearranged intellectually in September 2016 by Manda Haligowski to better reflect archival standards and to improve accessibility.
Series #3 added by SK and WC October 2003.
Series #4 added by SK, JY and WC November 1, 2003.
Notes
November 2016: Prince Rupert Terminus of the GTP book cover (1988.19) has been transferred to the Prince Rupert Archives.
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