"Electrical" found 139 records

History: The original Riverway West School was a one room school house built in 1923 just west of the ravine at Sussex Avenue and Marine Drive. Miss Marion Swanson was the first teacher at the school ande Mr. Morrison its first custodian. Miss Carrie Kidd taught from 1924 to 1935, with the enrolment increasing from 18 in 1924 to 42 pupils in 1929, and including grades one to seven. In 1930 grades one to four were at Riverway while the older students went to Nelson. It continued on as a one-room school of four grades until 1952. As the school was seen by parents to be “greatly lacking” for students and teachers “in comfortable accommodations and vital equipment necessary for their extra curricular and recreational needs, such as were enjoyed by children in the larger schools” they formed a parent-teacher association in September 1951 to remedy the situation. From the beginning the PTA was very active in making its desires known to the School Board and “the school was very fortunate to have an organisation which put forth such a united effort on behalf of the children”. Their first bazaar fundraiser allowed the PTA to purchase a hot plate and the necessary utensils to provide the students with soup and cocoa during the cold weather. At their request, the School Board improved the electrical wiring in the school and built a roof over the stairs to the basement and provided more sports equipment for the children. Art classes and piano classes were started through the efforts of the members and in 1953 a cub pack and a brownie pack with PTA members as Cub Leaders and Brownie Leaders was created. A ditto machine and school library were the direct results of successful bazaars held by the PTA. The PTA also made a survey of the school district in 1951 to analyse the future school population and presented the results to the School Board. Following this, a portable unit was erected beside the existing school house for use the following September. It was in use until 1958. In the late 1950s, the PTA approached the School Board and the Burnaby Parks and Recreation Commission and proposed a park on the grounds adjacent to their school to relieve a playfield deficiency. The creation of Riverway West Park was the direct result of this proposal. As Parks Planner Paul Stocksted pointed out in 1961, “All of this would not have been possible had not the people associated with the PTA insisted on the solution to the problem of inadequate play areas.” In 1957 the first unit of the new Riverway West School underwent construction. Designed by Carlberg and Jackson with Remigio Maniaga as the contractor, it was completed in September of 1957 and consisted of four classrooms, an activity room and administration facilities. A two classroom addition, also designed by Carlberg and Jackson. was completed on the last day of 1959, three months after its construction began.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Riverway West School Parent-Teachers Association

Notes: PC273, MSS068; Title based on creator and contents of subseries

B.C. Electric Company

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1958]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of the B.C. Electric Co. gas distribution centre building.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1958]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.6 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 100-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of the B.C. Electric Co. gas distribution centre building.

Subjects: Buildings - Industrial

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Graphic Industries Limited

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Printed at bottom right front of photo, "B.C. Electric"; Stamp on back of photo reads, "Photo by Graphic Industries Ltd. / File No. 4383 / Vancouver, Canada / MUtual 1-4174"

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British Columbia Electric Railway train

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [195-] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.1 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 21.5 x 26.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a British Columbia Electric Railway Company train, just west of MacPherson Ave, on the Central Park Interurban line.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [195-] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.1 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 21.5 x 26.8 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-683

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of a British Columbia Electric Railway Company train, just west of MacPherson Ave, on the Central Park Interurban line.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads; Transportation - Public Transit

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: MacPherson Avenue

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British Columbia Electric Railway train, [195-] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Lenkurt Electric Company

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1957]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.3 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of aerial view of the Lenkurt Electric Company at 6960 Lougheed Highway (later renumbered 7018 Lougheed Highway). A sign on the top of the building reads, "Lenkurt." An information sheet from the Company Relation Division of Lenkurt attached to the back of the photograph reads, "Aerial…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1957]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.3 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 099-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of aerial view of the Lenkurt Electric Company at 6960 Lougheed Highway (later renumbered 7018 Lougheed Highway). A sign on the top of the building reads, "Lenkurt." An information sheet from the Company Relation Division of Lenkurt attached to the back of the photograph reads, "Aerial view of a 34,000 square foot building including a 19,000 square foot extension to the existing 15,000 square foot plant of Lenkurt Electric Co. of Canada Ltd. in North Burnaby, B.C., as at May 10th, 1957. / The building is situated on 20 acres of land and faces north onto Lougheed Highway."

Subjects: Aerial Photographs; Geographic Features - Automobile Parking Lots; Buildings - Industrial

Names: Lenkurt Electric Company

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Commercial Illustrators Industrial Photographers

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Stamp and annotation on back of photograph reads, "TA. 8817 / Commerical Illustrators / Industrial Photographers / 601 Denman St., Vancouver 5, B.C. / File No. 1080-1"

Geographic Access: Lougheed Highway

Street Address: 7018 Lougheed Highway

Historic Neighbourhood: Lozells (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Government Road Area

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Lenkurt Electric Company, [1957] thumbnail

Turning Sod at Lenkurt Electric

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 1955

Collection/Fonds: Charles MacSorley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of nine men standing in a field, preparing to overturn the first piece of sod during a groundbreaking ceremony for Lenkurt Electric. Burnaby Reeve Charles MacSorley can be seen at centre, holding the shovel, but the remainder of the men are unidentified. A caption at the bottom of the p…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 1955

Collection/Fonds: Charles MacSorley fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 486-037

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2005-14

Scope and Content: Photograph of nine men standing in a field, preparing to overturn the first piece of sod during a groundbreaking ceremony for Lenkurt Electric. Burnaby Reeve Charles MacSorley can be seen at centre, holding the shovel, but the remainder of the men are unidentified. A caption at the bottom of the photograph reads: "Turning Sod at Lenkurt Electric Burnaby July 1955."

Subjects: Officials - Mayors and Reeves; Ceremonies

Names: MacSorley, Charles W.; Lenkurt Electric Company

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Artray Limited

Notes: Title based on caption; Photographer's stamp on verso; Photographer identifies photograph as no. 10584-4; Note on verso reads: "Lenkurt sod turning / July 1955"

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Turning Sod at Lenkurt Electric, July 1955 thumbnail

BC Electric Guide to Greater Vancouver

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 1952

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : col. ; on paper ; 54 x 85 cm folded to 21 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Item is the BC Electric Guide to Greater Vancouver consisting of a transit system map of Greater Vancouver, a Greater Vancouver Street Index along with listings for Parks, Golf and Country Clubs, etc.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 1952

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pixie McGeachie subseries

Physical Description: 1 map : col. ; on paper ; 54 x 85 cm folded to 21 x 9 cm

Material Details: Scale : one inch equals approximately 0.57 miles

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 42686

Accession Number: BHS1996-08

Scope and Content: Item is the BC Electric Guide to Greater Vancouver consisting of a transit system map of Greater Vancouver, a Greater Vancouver Street Index along with listings for Parks, Golf and Country Clubs, etc.

Media Type: Cartographic Material

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Amendments to the Provincial Electrical Energy Inspection Act and the Effect on Municipal Electrical Inspections

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10th Annual Conference of the Electrical Inspectors Association of BC

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Alterations Necessary to Correct the Electrical Service in the Health and Welfare Building

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Application from Shell Oil Company for Annual Electrical Permit

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Appointment of C. Westgarth as Assistant Electrical Inspector

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Appointment of Fred Otte as Assistance Electrical Inspector

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Condition of the Electrical Service, Panel and Distribution System in the Health and Welfare Centre

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Confirmation of Mr. George Evans as Building Inspector (Electrical)

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Electrical Charges for Firehall No. 4

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Electrical Circuits in the Municipal Hall

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Electrical Service to Willingdon Heights Park

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New Scale of Fees for Electrical Permits

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Resignation of Assistant Electrical Inspector F.J. Otte

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Tenders for the Proposed Installation of New Electrical Service and Distribution Panel in the Health and Welfare Building

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Riverway West School Parent-Teachers Association subseries

B.C. Electric Company

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British Columbia Electric Railway train

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Lenkurt Electric Company

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Turning Sod at Lenkurt Electric

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BC Electric Guide to Greater Vancouver