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Canadian Pacific Railway, annotated time table, with information as to C.P.R. transcontinental routes
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2785
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV973.26.137
- Call Number
- 385.06571 CAN
- Place of Publication
- [Montreal]
- Publisher
- [Canadian Pacific Railway]
- Publication Date
- 1891
- Physical Description
- 70 p. : map ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "H. Crasell Dougherty January 19th 1892 W. 20 J 21 F 22 Sun 24 Mon 25" [handwritten in pencil on p.3]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Railroads--Canada--Timetables
- Canada--Description and travel
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Notes
- "Corrected to October 19th, 1891" --Title page.
Canadian Pacific Railway, annotated time table, with information as to C.P.R. transcontinental routes
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2787
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- Eastbound ed.
- Publication Date
- 1907
- Call Number
- 385.06571 CAN
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV973.26.139
- Call Number
- 385.06571 CAN
- Edition
- Eastbound ed.
- Place of Publication
- [Montreal]
- Publisher
- [Canadian Pacific Railway]
- Publication Date
- 1907
- Physical Description
- 100 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- Inscription
- "F. Bettschen 1261 Powell St. Mrs. Price 470 Hastings St. Mr Sanderson 323 4th Ave New Westminster" [handwritten in pencil on last page]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Railroads--Canada--Timetables
- Canada--Description and travel
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Notes
- "Corrected to July 16th, 1907" --Title page.
card; schedule
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact17527
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV979.50.154
- Description
- Summer Time Card - Schedule -- [1908]. Anderson Steamboat Company Summer Time card for daily ferry schedule from May 1st 1908. The card gives the boat times for Monday to Saturday and a different set for Sunday. On one side of the card is a photograph of a passenger ferry.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Cards
- Transportation
- Transportation - Ferries
Images
Certificate holder
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact29054
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV973.41.130
- Description
- A wooden frame containing a report printed on paper. A spare backing board accompanies the frame. The frame is painted a cream colour and has a hole on each side. At the top of the certificate is "MONTHLY POWER UNIT INSPECTION AND REPAIR REPORT" with the number "40256" on the left. The report is for a BCER electric locomotive Number 992 dated May 11, 1955. There are 17 entries which are filled in for the report. Length: 27.4 cm Width: 19.7 cm Thickness: 1.7 cm
- Object History
- Report is very detailed covering 17 items and is certified by three individuals. Report is dated May 11, 1955 and pertains to the Electric Locomotive number 992.
- Marks/Labels
- Collector's previous number "BCER 991-B41".
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Transportation - Public Transit
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Reports
Images
Code of operating rules
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6527
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Board of Transport Commissioners for Canada
- Department of Commercial Transport for the Province of British Columbia
- Edition
- Revision of 1964
- Publication Date
- 1964
- Call Number
- 385 BOA 1964
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV012.18.17
- Call Number
- 385 BOA 1964
- Edition
- Revision of 1964
- Author
- Board of Transport Commissioners for Canada
- Department of Commercial Transport for the Province of British Columbia
- Place of Publication
- [S.l]
- Publisher
- British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
- Publication Date
- 1964
- Physical Description
- 110 p. ; 16 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Transportation
- Railroad law--Canada
- Railroads
- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Names
- Carson, Norman Thomas "Tom"
- British Columbia Electric Railway Company
- British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
- Notes
- "Approved and prescribed by the Board of Transport Commissioners for Canada by General Order No. 113537 dated the 17th day of February, 1964"
- "Approved and prescribed by the Department of Commercial Transport for the Province of British Columbia by Certificate 1149 dated the 27th day of April, 1964"
- "EFFECTIVE 1st August, 1964"
- "The rules in this book have the same numbers as the corresponding rules in "Uniform Code of operating Rules" approved by General Order of the Board of Transport Commissioners No. 873 dated 15th day of November, 1961."
Complete practical railroading : a complete series of text-books on modern railway transportation
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4957
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV006.24.45
- Call Number
- 385 NAT
- 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.
Container
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact29032
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV973.41.108
- Description
- A metallic, magnetic cylindrical container painted green with a side handle, hinged top with handle and two mounting brackets riveted to the side. The interior is galvanized, tarnished sheet metal. A blue tape is glued to the front bottom with printing "BCER-B81". Diameter: 9.1 cm Height: 23.1 cm
- Object History
- British Columbia Electric Railway.
- Marks/Labels
- Collectors previous number "BCER-B8" on blue tape.
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Transportation - Public Transit
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Container
Images
control box (buss line)
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact28958
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV973.41.34
- Description
- A green wooden box which mounted inside the header of an interurban or streetcar. On the front is a brass plate painted black with "CANADIAN WESTINGHOUSE CO." "Multiple Control System" "Patented 1900 1911". Has a hinged top with a spring loaded clasp at the front bottom. Two flanges extend on both sides of the box with four large holes at each corner for mounting. Five bolts in total (three at one end and two at the end with the slot) extend from the front to the back at each end to hold the box together. A slot is located at one end. At the top are two 4 cm holes allowing for the entrance and exit of electrical cables. Inside are the remains of one of the copper contacts. Length: 50 cm Width: 18 cm Height: 20.1 cm
- Object History
- British Columbia Electric Railway line box "Multiple Control System, West Co."
- Marks/Labels
- "BCER - 58" on blue tape. Metal plate on box lid "CANADIAN WESTINGHOUSE CO. / Limited / Hamilton, Canada / Multiple Control System / Type 496c / Style No.S.O.456070 Serial No. 56713 / PATENTED. 1900, 1902, 1905, 1906 / 1907 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911 / 2709 18-22-1...", etched into the metal plate on box lid. Black background with raised text.
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Copper River and Northwestern Ry. : standard spiral tables
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2612
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Hawkins, E. C.
- Edition
- Rev.
- Publication Date
- 1908
- Call Number
- 385 HAW
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.23.4
- Call Number
- 385 HAW
- Edition
- Rev.
- Author
- Hawkins, E. C.
- Publisher
- Office of Chief Engineer Cordova, Alaska
- Publication Date
- 1908
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- "J. D. Smith" [handwritten on the inside front cover in pencil]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Alaska
- Railroads--Alaska
- Railroads--Alaska--Design and construction
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Notes
- "Compiled January 1908, Revised April 1909"
creamer
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact26675
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV974.44.19
- Description
- Creamer. White, ceramic, creamer. Green transfer print on front face
- Object History
- The major B.C.E.R. Main Terminal building at Carrall Street and West Hastings Street in Vancouver and the New Westminster Station at 8th and Columbia included diners where food was served on dishware stamped with the B.C. Electric Railway name.
- Marks/Labels
- On front face is "COURTEOUS" "B.C. Electric" "SERVICE". On underside in green is "VITRIFIED" then a lion logo with "GLOBE POTTERY Co. Ltd. SHELTON" in a circle around logo. Under logo is "ENGLAND" "BUSCOMBE & COMPANY" "VANCOUVER, CANADA.".
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Transportation - Public Transit
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Food Service Tools and Equipment
Images
Dinner for Miss Creeden
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7356
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Moving Images
- Call Number
- 388.46 BCH
- Contributor
- British Columbia Electric Company
- Place of Publication
- [British Columbia, Canada]
- Publisher
- BC Hydro
- Publication Date
- 1947
- Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (36 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Natural gas industry
- World War, 1914-1918--Mobilization
- World War, 1939-1945--Mobilization
- Street-railroads
- Electric railroads
- Transportation
- British Columbia--History
- Notes
- Summary: Industrial film. A film about the growth of B.C. Electric from 1906 to 1946, built around the story of stenographer Flossie Creeden, the first female office employee of the company. Footage includes: Goldstream power plant; Vancouver natural gas facilities; BC Electric Railway lines in Fraser Valley; Stave Falls generator plant; Alouette Lake and Ruskin plants; 1939 royal visit; BCE employee's newsletter; A.E. Grauer family at home; office scenes; plans & construction at Bridge River project; BCE employee's service in World Wars I & II; BCE streetcar and trolley bus services
- Credit notes: producer: Lew M. Parry; director: Lew M. Parry; photography: John Young; script: Cecil Maiden; sound: S.G. Wilson; narrator: A.E. Grauer; sponsored/presented by: British Columbia Electric Company; producing agency/company: Trans-Canada Films Ltd.
dinner plate
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact36108
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV994.24.5
- Description
- Plate. White, ceramic, dinner size, plate. Green transfer print on rim.
- Object History
- The major B.C.E.R. Main Terminal building at Carrall Street and West Hastings Street in Vancouver and the New Westminster Station at 8th and Columbia included diners where food was served on dishware stamped with the B.C. Electric Railway name.
- Marks/Labels
- On rim in green transfer print is "COURTEOUS" "B.C. Electric" "SERVICE". On underside in green, "VITRIFIED" "GLOBE POTTERY CO. LTD." "COBRIDGE" "ENGLAND". "6-29" is stamped in.
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Transportation - Public Transit
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Food Service Tools and Equipment
Images
Early travel
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary865
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Kalman, Bobbie
- Publication Date
- c1981
- Call Number
- 380.5 KAL
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0865050074
- Call Number
- 380.5 KAL
- Author
- Kalman, Bobbie
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Crabtree Pub.
- Publication Date
- c1981
- Series
- Early settler life series.
- Physical Description
- 64 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Transportation
- Juvenile literature
- Subjects
- Transportation
Electric power stations electric railway systems, line and track, line calculations, motors and controllers, electric-car equipment, multiple-unit systems.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3335
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV991.38.3
- Call Number
- 625 INT
- Place of Publication
- Scranton
- Publisher
- International Textbook Co.
- Publication Date
- c1905
- Series
- I. C. S. Reference Library
- Printer
- Burr Printing House
- Physical Description
- 1 volume (various pagings) : ill. : 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Electric power-plants
- Electric railroads
- Subjects
- Transportation
Electric railways interior wiring
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3336
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV991.38.4
- Call Number
- 625 INT
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- International Textbook Co.
- Publication Date
- 1904
- Printer
- Burr Printing House
- Physical Description
- vi, 1 v. (various pagings), xv : ill. : 24 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Electric railroads
- Electric wiring, Interior
- Railroads
- Electric wiring
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Notes
- Includes index.
ferry ticket
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact6700
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.115.2
- Description
- North Vancouver City Ferries Ticket - Ticket. Passenger ticket good for one fare on the North Vancouver City Ferries. At the top of the ticket is the number "812553". The ticket has a small drawing of a ferry on the water that has been stamped over with a large red "A". There is a clause on the side of the ticket stating that the City is not liable for delays or accidents. On the back of the ticket is a crest for the Corporation of the City of North Vancouver and another "A" below it.
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ferry ticket
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact14353
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV984.11.18
- Description
- North Vancouver City Ferries - Ticket. Passenger ticket good for one fare on the North Vancouver City Ferries. The ticket has a small drawing of a ferry on the water and a blue X across the ticket. The ticket has been stamped at the top with a serial number "49675". There is a clause on the side of the ticket stating that the City is not liable for delays or accidents. The ferries were operated by Nicholson Limited Vancouver. On the back of the ticket is a crest for the Corporation of the City of North Vancouver and another blue X across it.
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ferry ticket
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact16848
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.140
- Description
- West Vancouver Boat - Ticket. Two boat tickets (still attached) each good for one boat fare for the muncipality of West Vancouver. The ticket is cream with the West Vancouver coat of arms in orange. Above the coat of arms is "BOAT". At the top of the ticket is the number "E 17641". The back of the ticket states that the muncipality of West Vancouver is not liable for delays, accidental or otherwise.
- Subjects
- Exchange Medium
- Exchange Medium - Tickets
- Transportation
- Transportation - Boats
- Transportation - Ferries
Images
ferry ticket
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact16853
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.145
- Description
- North Vancouver City Ferries Ticket - Ticket. Passenger ticket good for one fare on the North Vancouver City Ferries. At the top of the ticket is the number "632286". The ticket has a small drawing of a ferry on the water. There is a clause on the side of the ticket stating that the City is not liable for delays or accidents. On the back of the ticket is a crest for the Corporation of the City of North Vancouver.
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ferry ticket
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact19173
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV977.22.2
- Description
- North Vancouver City Ferries - Ticket. Orange cardboard ticket with black and red writing. On the top of the ticket is "30819". Underneath is "Nicholson Ltd., Vanc'er". It is a passenger ticket, 10 for 60 cents. There is an illustration on the ticket of ship and "NORTH VANCOUVER City Ferries". On the reverse is a crest with "The Corporation of the City of North Vancouver" written around it.
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