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Cost accountant (Engineering Department)
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- 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
- 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
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
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.
- Creator
- City of Burnaby
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds.
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
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
- 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
Engineer's Department - Reorganization
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription752
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912
- 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 reports regarding the re-organization of the Engineer's Department, 1912.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2492
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence and reports regarding the re-organization of the Engineer's Department, 1912.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Intermunicipal Highway Burnaby-Coquitlam
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3096
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- November 1915
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 16.5 x 21.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a drawing used for a Burnaby-Coquitlam Intermunicipal Highway tunnel construction proposal. On the top of the page is a drawing of a tunnel running below the bluff on which North Road is laid. On the bottom, is a cross section drawing of the through road. Written on the corner right o…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 16.5 x 21.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a drawing used for a Burnaby-Coquitlam Intermunicipal Highway tunnel construction proposal. On the top of the page is a drawing of a tunnel running below the bluff on which North Road is laid. On the bottom, is a cross section drawing of the through road. Written on the corner right of the drawing is "INTER MUNICIPAL HIGHWAY / BURNABY-COQUITLAM / NORTH ROAD / -VV&ER&NCo / VIEW OF PROPOSED TUNNEL LOOKING EAST", and on lower right is a box drawn around an engineer's signature, and label, "CORPORATION of BURNABY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT / NOV. / 1915". The artist of the proposal drawing signed on the lower right corner below the engineer's signature.
- Geographic Access
- North Road
- Accession Code
- HV972.11.10
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- November 1915
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 14/8/2006
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w contact print accompanying negative
Images
Interview with Les Francis by Eric Damer October 16, 2012 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory327
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1914-1949
- Length
- 0:09:28
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Les Francis's early years. He begins by mentioning his school days and moves into a detailed account of working with the municipality of Burnaby in the Hall and in the Stores.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Les Francis's early years. He begins by mentioning his school days and moves into a detailed account of working with the municipality of Burnaby in the Hall and in the Stores.
- Date Range
- 1914-1949
- Photo Info
- Les Francis (far right) receiving a Burnaby Long Service Award at the Gai Paree Supper Club, 1964. Item no. 485-070.
- Length
- 0:09:28
- Interviewer
- Damer, Eric
- Interview Date
- October 16, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with Les Francis conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, October 16, 2012. Major theme discussed: the role of the municipal worker in the nineteen-thirties through the war years.
- Biographical Notes
- Les Francis was born in London, England, in 1914 and came with his family to Burnaby in 1919. Except for a few years away on special projects, Les has lived in Burnaby ever since. After attending Kingsway West Elementary and Burnaby South High Schools, Les joined the municipal work force. He first worked as a clerk in 1930 and later joined the Engineering Department where he spent his career maintaining and extending the municipal water system. Les Francis retired in 1979 as the City of Burnaby's Work's Superintendent.
- Total Tracks
- 4
- Total Length
- 0:43:18
- Interviewee Name
- Francis, Les
- Interview Location
- Interviewee's residence
- Interviewer Bio
- Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Images
Audio Tracks
Track one of recording of interview with Les Francis
Track one of recording of interview with Les Francis
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-010/MSS171-010_Track_1.mp3
North Road drawing
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- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1915
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w copy-stand of paper original ; 13.4 x 20.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a pen and ink wash drawing of the proposed overpass on North Road. Written on drawing: "Inter Municipal Highway. Burnaby-Coquitlam. North Road. VV&ER&NCo [Vancouver, Victoria and Eastern Railway and Navigation Co.]. View of proposed tunnel, looking east." In the bottom right corne…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1915
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w copy-stand of paper original ; 13.4 x 20.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 044-002
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a pen and ink wash drawing of the proposed overpass on North Road. Written on drawing: "Inter Municipal Highway. Burnaby-Coquitlam. North Road. VV&ER&NCo [Vancouver, Victoria and Eastern Railway and Navigation Co.]. View of proposed tunnel, looking east." In the bottom right corner is written: "Corporation of Burnaby Engineering Department / Nov. 1915 / [signed] [illegible] Mayhenson [?], M. Can. Soc. C.E. [Member of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineers?] / Engineer." Above the road, at left of photograph with the arrow pointing left, is, "Moody." Above the road, at right of photograph with the arrow pointing right is, "to New Westminster." At the centre of the road, by the bushes, is, "Brunette St." The drawing at the bottom of the photograph is captioned, "Section Through Road."
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- North Road
Images
Official annual reports
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription838
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File contains the official annual reports submitted to Council by the Engineering Department, the Wiring Inspector, and the Water Superintendent.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 2601
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File contains the official annual reports submitted to Council by the Engineering Department, the Wiring Inspector, and the Water Superintendent.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Plan of Subdivision of Lot 14 of North part of NW 1/4 of D.L. 150 GR.1 N.W.D
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11117
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1912
- Collection/Fonds
- Ronald G. Scobbie collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 plans : ink on linen + blueprint ; 21.5 x 27.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of "Plan of Subdivision of Lot 14 of North / Part of N.W. 1/4 of D.L. 150, GR.1. / N.W.D." and blueprint of same.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Ronald G. Scobbie collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 plans : ink on linen + blueprint ; 21.5 x 27.5 cm
- Material Details
- Scale [1:1200]
- Scope and Content
- File consists of "Plan of Subdivision of Lot 14 of North / Part of N.W. 1/4 of D.L. 150, GR.1. / N.W.D." and blueprint of same.
- Creator
- Hill & Burnett
- Geographic Access
- Jubilee Avenue
- Accession Code
- HV984.57.10
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1912
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Planning Study Area
- Suncrest Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2-Oct-19
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Notes in red crayon on verso of both plans read: "00079"
- Oval shaped stamp in blue ink on front of blueprint plan reads: "Corporation of Burnaby / Feb. 2 1912 / Engineering Department"
- Stamp in red ink on verso of Blueprint plan reads: "Hill & Burnett / Civil Engineers / B.C. Land Surveyors / New Westminster B.C."
- Handwritten note on front of blueprint plan reads: "T... [sic] approved / subject to 20' Laws [sic] / being given. / Fred L. Macpherson / Engineer / Feb. 6th 1912"
Images
Westerman family fonds
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- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1917-1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Westerman family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 17 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs documenting Walter "Wally" Westerman's life while growing up in Burnaby, his time spent in California while training as an engineer, his time in Montreal during his service with the R.C.A.F., Wally with his wife Gwendolyn (nee Brocklesby) Westerman and Wally in his lat…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Westerman family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 17 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs documenting Walter "Wally" Westerman's life while growing up in Burnaby, his time spent in California while training as an engineer, his time in Montreal during his service with the R.C.A.F., Wally with his wife Gwendolyn (nee Brocklesby) Westerman and Wally in his later years outside of his home in Burnaby.
- History
- Walter "Wally" William Westerman was born in London, Ontario in 1916. A few years later he moved with his parents to Vancouver. Around 1921 his parents, Albert Edwin and Louisa (nee Williams) Westerman bought a double lot at 4797 Georgia Street in District Lot 122 in Burnaby. On the lot they built a house and bowling green. Wally's father Albert worked as a proof reader for the Daily Province newspaper and retired in 1938. Walter attended Gilmore Avenue school and North Burnaby High School. After graduating from highschool he enrolled in engineering school in Glendale, California. Wally was married to Margot Florence Patry from 1943 to 1952. When World War II began, Wally joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. Wally suffered from arthritis and after being declared unfit for combat he was discharged. He returned to Burnaby and became a foreman in the engineering department of Boeing Aircraft of Canada. In 1944, while employed by Boeing, Wally was recoginized with awards for his ingenuity of "Jig Design for Bomb Torpedo Adaptors" and "Bomb Release Scissors". When Wally's father Albert became ill and had to have his leg amputated, Wally attended to his needs and sold the family's Georgia Street house to a buy a house at 5277 Spencer Street in Vancouver. Wally's father died in 1944 and his mother died in 1966. Following his first marriage, Wally met Gwendolyn "Gwen" Brocklesby and they developed a long term relationship eventually marrying in 1969. Gwen had a daughter named Barbara from her first marriage and Wally became her step father. Between 1960 and 1963, Wally was admitted to membership in the Canadian Power Squadrons with qualifications in seamanship, engine maintenance and weather and Gwen was awarded a certificate of qualification in piloting and seamanship. In 1969 Gwen, Wally and Barbara moved to a brand new home at 2171 Duthie Avenue in Burnaby which was within walking distance to Lenkurt Electric on Lougheed Highway where Wally worked. Wally was a machinist and foreman of the sheet metal shop at Lenkurt and later at Microtel. Walter Westerman died in Burnaby in 2000 and his wife Gwen died in Burnaby in 2016.
- Responsibility
- Westerman, Walter "Wally"
- Accession Code
- BV020.17
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1917-1959]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds