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Complete practical railroading : a complete series of text-books on modern railway transportation

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
National Institute of Practical Mechanics
Publication Date
c1911
Call Number
385 NAT
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV006.24.45
Call Number
385 NAT
Author
National Institute of Practical Mechanics
Contributor
International School of Engineering
Place of Publication
Chicago
Publisher
International School of Engineering
Publication Date
c1911
Printer
Allied Printing
Physical Description
492 p., xix : ill. : 18 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Trainmen--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Trainmen
Railroads--Design and construction
Railroads
Subjects
Transportation
Notes
"A series of text books prepared especially and exclusively for instruction on locomotive engineering by motive power superintendents, master mechanics, traveling engineers and mechanical experts associated with the International School of Engineering" -- Title page
"Locomotive boilers and engines, their construction, care, operation and management, firemen's duties, heat, fuel combustion, injectors, lubrication, and the setting of valves. Also complete description of walschaert and other valve gears, their defects and how to remedy them" -- Title page
Includes index.
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Brick engineering : physical properties of brick and brickwork, volume 1

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7362
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Lent, L.B.
Publication Date
c1929
Call Number
693.2 LEN
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV018.11.30
Call Number
693.2 LEN
Author
Lent, L.B.
Place of Publication
Cleveland, Ohio
Publisher
Common Brick Manufactures' Association of America
Publication Date
c1929
Physical Description
92 p. : ill ; 20 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Bricklaying
Notes
"By Major L. B. Lent Chief Engineer." -- title page
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Committee re Cost of Referring the Question of West Burnaby Sewers to the BC Engineering Institute

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport67443
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
58429
Meeting Date
27-Aug-1928
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
58429
Meeting Date
27-Aug-1928
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
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Cost accountant (Engineering Department)

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription871
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1911-1913
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
Textual record
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence and application for employment for a posted position of a Cost Accountant and Board of Works Clerk for the Corporation of Burnaby.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1911-1913
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Series
Clerk's Department record series
Physical Description
Textual record
Description Level
File
Record No.
2635
Accession Number
2001-02
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence and application for employment for a posted position of a Cost Accountant and Board of Works Clerk for the Corporation of Burnaby.
Media Type
Textual Record
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Department of Construction Engineering be Created

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport72971
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
79965
Meeting Date
12-Feb-1912
Format
Council - Committee Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
79965
Meeting Date
12-Feb-1912
Format
Council - Committee Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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The elements of electrical engineering : a first year's course for students

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2028
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Sewell, Tyson
Edition
6th revised ed.
Publication Date
1915
Call Number
621.3 SEW
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
HV980.2.73
Call Number
621.3 SEW
Edition
6th revised ed.
Author
Sewell, Tyson
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Crosby Lockwood and Son
Publication Date
1915
Physical Description
450 p. : illus. ; 21 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Electrical engineering
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Engineering and Board of Works Departments to Keep Watch on Breachs of Extra-ordinary Traffic By-law

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport66344
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
58531
Meeting Date
16-Aug-1926
Format
Council - Committee Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
58531
Meeting Date
16-Aug-1926
Format
Council - Committee Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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Engineering Budget for Street Signs and Construction of a Powder House

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport61014
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
26484
Meeting Date
20-Feb-1924
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
26484
Meeting Date
20-Feb-1924
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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Engineering Department Assistant

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport72311
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
76735
Meeting Date
27-May-1918
Format
Council - Committee Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
76735
Meeting Date
27-May-1918
Format
Council - Committee Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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Engineering Department fonds

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription43
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1912-2014
Collection/Fonds
Engineering Department fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
1m of textual records, approximately 2000 cartographic and architecural drawings
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of records created by the Engineering department including environmental service files, physical plant plans, and administrative records.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1912-2014
Collection/Fonds
Engineering Department fonds
Physical Description
1m of textual records, approximately 2000 cartographic and architecural drawings
Description Level
Fonds
Access Restriction
Subject to FOIPPA
Reproduction Restriction
Reproductions subject to FOIPPA
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of records created by the Engineering department including environmental service files, physical plant plans, and administrative records.
History
In 2020, responsibility for environmental management transferred to Climate Action and Energy, with Engineering retaining responsibility for geotechnical investigations and graffiti management. In 2022, Engineering became responsible for a consolidated Transportation group that aligns transportation planning and implementation functions. Green Fleet and Equipment also moved from Climate Action and Energy to the Public Works division of the Engineering Department. In 2022, Facilities Management was transferred from Engineering to the newly-created Lands and Facilities Department. James Lota served as General Manager, Engineering from 2021-2022. Jozsef Dioszeghy has served in the role since April 2022.
Media Type
Textual Record
Cartographic Material
Architectural Drawing
Creator
City of Burnaby
Notes
Title based on contents of fonds.
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Engineering General and Administration series

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription144
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1912-1980
Collection/Fonds
Engineering Department fonds
Description Level
Series
Scope and Content
Series consists of records created by the Engineering Department related to its administration, general services, and fulfilment of its responsibility to ensure the adequacy and continuity of the City’s infrastructure. Records include meeting minutes, ledgers, local improvements and infrastructure…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1912-1980
Collection/Fonds
Engineering Department fonds
Series
Engineering General and Administration series
Description Level
Series
Scope and Content
Series consists of records created by the Engineering Department related to its administration, general services, and fulfilment of its responsibility to ensure the adequacy and continuity of the City’s infrastructure. Records include meeting minutes, ledgers, local improvements and infrastructure plans, local improvement and sewer utility assessment rolls, photographs, and annual reports for the year 1937-1944.
Media Type
Textual Record
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The "mechanical world" pocket diary and year book for 1915 : a collection of useful engineering notes, rules, tables and data

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7007
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
[1915]
Call Number
620.1 EMM
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV018.11.7
Call Number
620.1 EMM
Place of Publication
Manchester
Publisher
Emmott & Co. Ltd.
Publication Date
[1915]
Physical Description
439 p. : ill. ; 16 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Mechanical engineering
Notes
"TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION" -- title page
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Office Assistant for the Engineering Department

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport71906
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
79341
Meeting Date
10-Feb-1913
Format
Council - Committee Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
79341
Meeting Date
10-Feb-1913
Format
Council - Committee Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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Salary of Engineering Staff

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport71901
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
79339
Meeting Date
10-Feb-1913
Format
Council - Committee Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
79339
Meeting Date
10-Feb-1913
Format
Council - Committee Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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Ernest & Katherine Hermon Residence

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark577
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
Residential building.
Associated Dates
1911
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
Yale Street
Associated Dates
1911
Description
Residential building.
Heritage Value
Mr. Ernest Bolton Hermon, of the prominent engineering firm Hermon & Burwell, built this residence, and he and his wife, Katherine, lived here until 1935. The British Columbian described this home as “…a splendid mansion …which cost in the neighbourhood of $15,000.” Hermon was born into a Dutch family in Ontario in 1863, and moved to British Columbia in 1886. This is one of only three examples of the work of Samuel Maclure in Burnaby and is an outstanding example of his firm’s typical British Arts and Crafts style designs. Samuel Maclure (1860-1929) was known for his British Arts and Crafts style with meticulous attention paid to functional and beautiful interiors that utilized native wood combined with luxurious imported fittings. He was a leading exponent of the Art and Crafts design movement, and established a sophisticated local variation of residential architecture. Maclure’s Vancouver office, in association with his partner Cecil Croker Fox (1879-1916), received some sixty residential commissions between 1909-1915 as a result of the booming local economy and subsequent development of new residential districts. This partnership lasted until when Fox was killed overseas in active service during the First World War.The house has received some alterations, including stucco and brick being added to the lower floor, but it has retained its original form and massing including its symmetrical design, hipped roof and second floor half timbering.
Locality
Vancouver Heights
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Architect
Maclure & Fox
Area
1133.42
Contributing Resource
Building
Ownership
Private
Street Address
3870 Yale Street
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
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Geoffrey & Kathleen Burnett Residence

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
Residential building.
Associated Dates
1914
Formal Recognition
Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
Canada Way
Associated Dates
1914
Formal Recognition
Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
Enactment Type
Bylaw No. 13841
Enactment Date
28/05/2018
Description
Residential building.
Heritage Value
With its long, narrow plan and hipped, cross-gabled roof, this impressive residence was designed for local surveyor and civil engineer Geoffrey Kirby Burnett, who married Kathleen Wallen (1888-1978) in 1916. It was designed by New Westminster architects R.W. Coventry Dick & Son. Beautifully conceived in the British Arts and Crafts style, it features a steeply-gabled roof over the side entry porch, with square timber columns. Other decorative details include half timbering in the gables, first storey casement windows with leaded transom lights and decorative window hoods on the side elevation.
Locality
Edmonds
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Richmond Park Area
Architect
R.W. Coventry Dick & Son
Area
903.70
Contributing Resource
Building
Ownership
Private
Street Address
7037 Canada Way
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
Images
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Horne-Payne Receiving Station

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
Industrial building.
Associated Dates
1913
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
2nd Avenue
Associated Dates
1913
Description
Industrial building.
Heritage Value
Constructed as an electrical grid substation by the B.C. Electric Railway Company, the Horne-Payne substation was part of the expansion of this utility company to central Burnaby that occurred as a result of the opening of the Burnaby Lake Interurban line in 1911. The Receiving Station is intended to rearrange the company’s system of distributing power over the whole of the Burrard Peninsula. Power will come to the transformers there and be converted and distributed to the various substations in Vancouver, New Westminster and the suburbs...Work has already been started at the foundation for the new plant. (Vancouver Daily Province, April 29, 1913) When constructed the substation was situated within a forest clearing in a largely undeveloped section of northwest Burnaby. The area now surrounding the substation is heavily developed for semi-industrial purposes. This steel-frame and poured concrete structure was designed to be utilitarian, but with decorative detailing. The south-facing front of the structure features massed corners detailed with decorative relief panels at the roofline. Additionally, this well-balanced building displayed symmetrical fenestration with blind, and tall multi-paned steel-sash windows, some crowned with keystones. A tower added to the east side of the building’s front is the most substantial change made to the appearance of the Horne-Payne substation. This industrial structure was designed by prominent British Columbian architect, Robert Lyon (1879-1963). Born in Edinburgh, Lyon apprenticed and worked as an architect in Scotland until 1908 before moving to New York in 1909. In 1911, he began his career in Vancouver as an “architectural engineer,” with the B.C. Electric Company that lasted until 1918. After a short tenure in the lumber industry, Lyon returned to architecture, this time with his own firm in Penticton. Active in municipal politics, he was instrumental in the incorporation of Penticton as a city, and became its first mayor from 1948-1949. Lyon retired from architecture in 1958 and died in 1963. Lyon also designed the Central Park Gate in Burnaby.
Locality
Vancouver Heights
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
West Central Valley Area
Architect
Robert Lyon
Area
47400.00
Contributing Resource
Building
Ownership
Private
Street Address
3700 2nd Street
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
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Hugh & Mary McCallum Residence

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
Residential building.
Associated Dates
c.1912
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
Regent Street
Associated Dates
c.1912
Description
Residential building.
Heritage Value
Typical of the Arts and Crafts style, the house has its original front gabled roof, triangular eave brackets, full open front verandah and pointed bargeboards. The house has received some alterations, including the addition of asbestos shingles over the original siding. It is one of the few surviving early homes of the Broadview subdivision which was established in 1911. This was the long-term home of Hugh McCallum Senior (1873-1960), a steam engineer from Scotland, and his wife Mary (née Baxter, 1875-1958). Hugh continued to live in the house after Mary’s death.
Locality
Broadview
Historic Neighbourhood
Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
West Central Valley Area
Area
623.09
Contributing Resource
Building
Ownership
Private
Street Address
3838 Regent Street
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
Images
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James & Mary Herd Residence

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
Residential building.
Associated Dates
1910
Other Names
STRATHMORE
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Other Names
STRATHMORE
Geographic Access
Boundary Road North
Associated Dates
1910
Description
Residential building.
Heritage Value
Designed for James Herd (1863-1940) and his wife, Mary Jane Barrie Herd (née Fenton, 1870-1956), this house was described “as a fine new home valued at… $7,000” by The British Columbian in 1912. Named after Mrs. Herd’s birthplace in the Strathmore Valley, Scotland, this was one of the first homes to be built in the Vancouver Heights subdivision. A full width verandah takes advantage of remarkable views of downtown Vancouver and Burrard Inlet. Though the architecture of the house has been altered by the addition of stucco cladding and the replacement of the original windows, it remains an excellent example of the Craftsman style, with the triangular eave brackets, granite clad verandah piers, square support columns and varied roofline with broad eaves that are characteristic of the style. It was the long-time residence of Joseph Wellington Kelly (1876-1962), a stationary engineer, and his wife Margaret Ann Kelly (née Allan, 1880-1968), who were married in Vancouver in 1901. Their son, Allan C. Kelly (died 2001) was an architect, who worked for the architectural firm Townley & Matheson from 1928 until the 1970s. Among many other projects undertaken for the firm, Allan Kelly was the project architect for Vancouver City Hall.
Locality
Vancouver Heights
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Area
708.39
Contributing Resource
Building
Ownership
Private
Street Address
510 Boundary Road North
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
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Joseph & Anne Gartlan Residence

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
Residential building.
Associated Dates
c.1913
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
Oxford Street
Associated Dates
c.1913
Description
Residential building.
Heritage Value
This house was owned by Joseph Paul Gartlan (1877-1967), a steam shovel engineer for the B.C. Electric Company from 1906 to 1943, and his wife, Annie Claudia Gartlan (née Wood, 1891-1933). Joseph was a long-time resident of the house, remaining until his death in 1967. Typical of the Edwardian era, this bungalow has a side gabled roof with a large front gable over the balcony, an open front verandah with square tapered columns, and a mix of narrow lapped wooden siding, square shingles and diamond shingles in the gable peak.
Locality
Vancouver Heights
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Area
374.03
Contributing Resource
Building
Ownership
Private
Street Address
4111 Oxford Street
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
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