The British Columbia Electric Railway Company, 1897-1928 : a British company in British Columbia
British Columbia Electric Railway Company Limited
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1923
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 booklet
- Scope and Content
- Item is a thirty-nine page booklet describing and illustrating British Columbia Electric Railway Company operations and development in the Lower Mainland between 1910 and 1923.
BC studies, Number 11, Fall 1971
Certificate of membership for Norman Thomas Carson
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1 Jan. 1944
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Document collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a Certificate of Membership for Norman Thomas Carson who was admitted as a member of the Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes [sic] of America by Division No. 134 of New Westminster, British Columbia. Certification was granted on January 1, 1…
control box (buss line)
- 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.
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Names
- British Columbia Electric Railway Company
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