Dominion Bridge Company Application to Erect Footings for a Travelling Crane to be Built on Property Described as 13.11 acre Parcel of DL 118, Sketch 12331, Group 1 NWD
Item consists of a fire insurance plan of the Dominion Bridge Company Burnaby Plant located on the east side of Boundary Road near Lougheed Highway. The plan is in two sheets mounted on a backing board. The buildings are located and colour coded. The plan includes profiles of the buildings. Title o…
Item consists of a fire insurance plan of the Dominion Bridge Company Burnaby Plant located on the east side of Boundary Road near Lougheed Highway. The plan is in two sheets mounted on a backing board. The buildings are located and colour coded. The plan includes profiles of the buildings. Title on plan reads "DOMINION BRIDGE COMPANY, LIMITED / "BURNABY PLANT" / Burnaby, B.C.". The site plan was surveyed by C. L. Schwaab Jr.
History
Dominion Bridge Company was a major enterprise in Burnaby operating from the 1930 until the mid 1970s. Dominion Bridge constructed steel structures ranging from portions of the Golden Gate and Lions Gate Bridges to holding tanks for pulp mills. Beginning in the mid-1970s, unused areas of the site were used for filming on a temporary basis and in 1987 the site was established as a dedicated studio production facility named Bridge Studios.
Scale on plan reads "1 inch = 80 ft / By V. Pitkin"
Identfication information in bottom right corner of plan reads: "FACTORY MUTUAL ENGINEERING DIVISION / Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Cos. / Norwood, Mass. / SERIAl 47330 / Replacing 35238 / INDEX 3994"
Photograph of Dominion Bridge Company staff gathered together in a hall for the sixth annual Pacific Division Twenty-five Year Club Dinner. Standing in the back row are; J. W. Stewart, C. Stromnes, W. J. Fyvie, J. G. Baxter, H. H. Minshall, T. A. Carter, T. A. Walker, L. H. Daly, R. Butchor, B. L. …
Photograph of Dominion Bridge Company staff gathered together in a hall for the sixth annual Pacific Division Twenty-five Year Club Dinner. Standing in the back row are; J. W. Stewart, C. Stromnes, W. J. Fyvie, J. G. Baxter, H. H. Minshall, T. A. Carter, T. A. Walker, L. H. Daly, R. Butchor, B. L. Mills, T. J. Duncan, J. C. Swan, J. Jagger, J. L. Heald (Ex Montreal), T. D. Bate, J. T. Nelson, S. E. Cockriell, F. Fletcher, T. Nield, C. W. Morton, B. H. McNamee, W. M. Stobbart, A. C. Bockus, G. V. E. Logan, J. R. Scott, W. Kier (Ex Winnipeg) and H. E. Foster. Kneeling (or sitting in chairs) in the center row are; G. A. Pruden, J. Wilson, H. V. Appleton, D. P. Urry, W. C. Jones, Mrs. D. E. White, A. S. Gentles, E. J. Jarman, A. E. Strubin, H. Leader (Ex Winnipeg), J. M. Hughes, H. H. McInnes, R. H. Baylis and J. A. Daly. Sitting in the front row are; T. I. White, R. A. McLachlan, C. G. Lewin, J. McStoy, E. Stewart (Ex Winnipeg), H. B. Vicars, R. Smith, C. Ross, J. P. Pamphlet, D. B. Nelson, T. G. Williams and R. C. Birkinshaw (J. A. Ross, J. S. Buckthorp and R. W. Strachan are not pictured).
Printed in border on recto of photograph: "DOMINION BRIDGE COMPANY,/ SIXTH ANNUAL 25-YEAR CLUB DINNER (PACIFIC DIVISION), NOVEMBER 2, 1957/ BACK ROW: J. W. Stewart, C. Stromnes, W. J. Fyvie, J. G. Baxter, H. H. Minshall, T. A. Carter, T. A. Walker, L. H. Daly, R. Butchor, B. L. Mills, T. J. Duncan, J. C. Swan, J. Jagger, J. L. Heald (Ex Montreal), T. D. Bate, J. T. Nelson, S. E. Cockriell, F. Fletcher, T. Nield, C. W. Morton, B. H. McNamee, W. M. Stobbart, A. C. Bockus, G. V. E. Logan, J. R. Scott, W. Kier (Ex Winnipeg), H. E. Foster / CENTRE: G. A. Pruden, J. Wilson, H. V. Appleton, D. P. Urry, W. C. Jones, Mrs. D. E. White, A. S. Gentles, E. J. Jarman, A. E. Strubin, H. Leader (Ex Winnipeg), J. M. Hughes, H. H. McInnes, R. H. Baylis, J. A. Daly / FRONT ROW: T. I. White, R. A. McLachlan, C. G. Lewin, J. McStoy, E. Stewart (Ex Winnipeg), H. B. Vicars, R. Smith, C. Ross, J. P. Pamphlet, D. B. Nelson, T. G. Williams, R. C. Birkinshaw / ABSENT: J. A. Ross, J. S. Buckthorp, R. W. Strachan."
Photographer's stamp on verso of photograph reads: "-PHOTO BY-/ GRAPHIC INDUSTRIES/ LTD./ File No. 3938 = 3/ VANCOUVER, CANADA/ PAcific 4174/ NOV 14 1957"
1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 23.5 cm, mounted on card 20.5 x 25 cm
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Photograph of Dominion Bridge Company staff gathered together in a hall for the seventh annual Pacific Division Twenty-five Year Club Dinner. Sitting in the front row are; (left to right): H. V. Appleton, E. B. Westover (ex Winnipeg), J. McStay, P. Pamphlet, J. Jagger, R. Smith, E. Cockriell, A. Lu…
1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 23.5 cm, mounted on card 20.5 x 25 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Dominion Bridge Company staff gathered together in a hall for the seventh annual Pacific Division Twenty-five Year Club Dinner. Sitting in the front row are; (left to right): H. V. Appleton, E. B. Westover (ex Winnipeg), J. McStay, P. Pamphlet, J. Jagger, R. Smith, E. Cockriell, A. Lucas, R. Strachan, A. Daly, J. A. Joslin (ex Toronto), G. V. E. Logan, H. B. Vicars and R. C. Birkinshaw. Kneeling (or sitting in chairs) in the middle row are; A. E. Strubin, A. Pruden, F. Fletcher, J. M. Hughes, H. Daly, E. J. Jarman, W. Jones, T. A. Carter, Mrs. D. White, W. Sutherland, H. McInnis, J. Buckthorp, W. Kier (ex Winnipeg) and A. Bockus. Standing in the back row are; J. Scott, T. Duncan, J. G. Baxter, R. A. McLachlan, R. Drummond (ex Winnipeg), C. Ross, J. Koss (ex Winnipeg), J. L. Heald (ex Montreal), C. Stromnes, T. Williams, W. Fyvie, R. Butchor, W. Morton, T. A. Walker, H. H. Minshall, C. G. Lewin, B. L. Mills, A. S. Gentles, W. M. Stobbart, T. Nield, J. Swan, B. H. McNamee, R. H. Baylis, D. B. Armstrong (ex Montreal) and J. Wilson (T. Bate, H. E. Foster, J. Nelson, J. Ross, J. W. Stewart and D. P. Urry are not pictured).
Printed in border on recto of photograph: "DOMINION BRIDGE COMPANY/ SEVENTH ANNUAL 25-YEAR CLUB DINNER (PACIFIC DIVISION) NOVEMBER 8, 1958/ FRONT ROW - left to right H. V. Appleton, E. B. Westover (ex Winnipeg), J. McStay, P. Pamphlet, J. Jagger, R. Smith, E. Cockriell, A. Lucas, R. Strachan, A. Daly,/ J. A. Joslin (ex Toronto), G. V. E. Logan, H. B. Vicars, R. C. Birkinshaw. SECOND ROW - left to right A. E. Strubin, A. Pruden, F. Fletcher, J. M. Hughes, H. Daly,/ E. J. Jarman, W. Jones, T. A. Carter, Mrs. D. White, W. Sutherland, H. McInnis, J. Buckthorp, W. Kier (ex Winnipeg), A. Bockus. BACK ROW - left to right J. Scott,/ T. Duncan, J. G. Baxter, R. A. McLachlan, R. Drummond (ex Winnipeg), C. Ross, J. Koss (ex Winnipeg), J. L. Heald (ex Montreal), C. Stromnes, T. Williams, W./ Fyvie, R. Butchor, W. Morton, T. A. Walker, H. H. Minshall, C. G. Lewin, B. L. Mills, A. S. Gentles, W. M. Stobbart, T. Nield, J. Swan, B. H. McNamee, R. H. Baylis,/ D. B. Armstrong (ex Montreal), J. Wilson, ABSENT T. Bate, H. E. Foster, J. Nelson, J. Ross, J. W. Stewart, D. P. Urry."
Photographer's mark on verso of card mount reads: "[Studio logo] / GRAPHIC INDUSTRIES LTD. Vancouver's Most Complete Photographic Service 54 West Hastings, Vancouver 4, B.C. Phone Pacific 4174 File No: [stamped] 6071 2"
1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 23.5 cm, mounted on card 20.5 x 25 cm
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Photograph of Dominion Bridge Company staff gathered together in a hall for the fifth annual Pacific Division Twenty-five Year Club Dinner. Standing in the back row are; T. A. Carter, R. H. Baylis, C. Stromnes, C. Ross, L. H. Daly, B. H. McNamee, J. T. Nelson, C. G. Lewin, R. Butchor, T. White, T. …
1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 23.5 cm, mounted on card 20.5 x 25 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Dominion Bridge Company staff gathered together in a hall for the fifth annual Pacific Division Twenty-five Year Club Dinner. Standing in the back row are; T. A. Carter, R. H. Baylis, C. Stromnes, C. Ross, L. H. Daly, B. H. McNamee, J. T. Nelson, C. G. Lewin, R. Butchor, T. White, T. A. Walker, A. E. Strubin, J. McStay, H. H. McInnes, J. Wilson, T. D. Bate, T. G. Williams, J. Stewart, J. L. Herald (Ex-Montreal), J. A. Daly, J. A. Ross, R. C. Birkinshaw and A. C. Bockus. Kneeling (or sitting in chairs) in the middle row are; P. Pamphlet, J. G. Baxter, W. J. Fyvie, G. V. E. Logan, H. E. Mattson, R. A. McLachlan, Mrs. D. E. White, B. L. Mills, J. C. Swan, R. W. Strachan, E. J. Jarman. Sitting in the front row are; H. V. Appleton, T. J. Duncan, A. Pruden, C. E. Cockriell, H. B. Vicars, J. Jagger, F. Fletcher, R. Smith, A. S. Gentles. J. S. Buckthorp is not pictured.
Printed in border on recto of photograph: "DOMINION BRIDGE COMPANY, LIMITED - VANCOUVER, B. C./ FIFTH ANNUAL 25-YEAR CLUB DINNER (PACIFIC DIVISION), NOVEMBER 3, 1956/ BACK ROW: T. A. Carter, R. H. Baylis, C. Stromnes, C. Ross, L. H. Daly, B. H. McNamee, J. T. Nelson, C. G. Lewin, R. Butchor, T. White, T. A. Walker, A. E. Strubin,/ J. McStay, H. H. McInnes, J. Wilson, T. D. Bate, T. G. Williams, J. Stewart, J. L. Herald (Ex-Montreal), J. A. Daly, J. A. Ross, R. C. Birkinshaw, A. C. Bockus, MIDDLE/ ROW: P. Pamphlet, J. G. Baxter, W. J. Fyvie, G. V. E. Logan, H. E. Mattson, R. A. McLachlan, Mrs. D. E. White, B. L. Mills, J. C. Swan, R. W. Strachan, E. J. Jarman./ FRONT ROW: H. V. Appleton, T. J. Duncan, A. Pruden, C. E. Cockriell, H. B. Vicars, J. Jagger, F. Fletcher, R. Smith, A. S. Gentles. NOT IN PICTURE: J. S. Buckthorp./ ABSENT: D. B. Nelson, D. P. Urry, W. C. Jones, H. E. Foster."
Photograph mounted on a card provided by the photographic studio
Photographer's mark on verso of card mount reads: "[Studio logo] / GRAPHIC INDUSTRIES LTD. Vancouver's Most Complete Photographic Service 54 West Hastings, Vancouver 4, B.C. Phone Pacific 4174 File No: [stamped] 9659 6"
1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 34 cm, mounted on card 20.5 x 35 cm
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Photograph of Dominion Bridge Company staff gathered together in a banquet hall with carpeted floors for the fourth annual Pacific Division Twenty-five Year Club Dinner. Standing in the back row (l to r) are: Bill Jones, Ron Butchor, Bill Fyvie, Piercy Pamphlet, Reg Birkinshaw, Jim Swan, Lester Hea…
1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 34 cm, mounted on card 20.5 x 35 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Dominion Bridge Company staff gathered together in a banquet hall with carpeted floors for the fourth annual Pacific Division Twenty-five Year Club Dinner. Standing in the back row (l to r) are: Bill Jones, Ron Butchor, Bill Fyvie, Piercy Pamphlet, Reg Birkinshaw, Jim Swan, Lester Heald (Ex Montreal), Harry Daly, Angus McLachlan, Dave Nelson, Doug Urry, Tommy Nelson, Ben McNamee, Tom Bate, Hans Mattson, Archie Bockus. Standing in the third row are: Arthur Pruden, Harry Minshall, Bob Baylis, Tom Williams, Gordon Logan, Frank White (Ex- Winnipeg), Allan Gentles, Ed Stewart (Ex-Winnipeg), John Ross, Tommy Carter, Art Daly, and Clair Ross. Sitting in the third row are: Jack Buckthorp, Frank Fletcher, Ed Strubin, Mrs. Doris White, John Baxter, Ernie Jarman, Jim Jagger and Harold McInnes. Sitting on the floor in the front row are: Bob Strachan, Tommy Duncan, Jim Stewart, Jack McStay, Tom White, Eddie Cockriell, Ralph Smith, George Lewin, Jack Wilson and Bert Vicars. Bert Mills and Chris Stromnes are not pictured.
Printed in border on recto of photograph: "DOMINION BRIDGE CO., LIMITED/ PACIFIC DIVISION"
Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Nov. 5/ 1955"
Printed caption glued to verso reads: "DOMINION BRIDGE COMPANY, LIMITED - Vancouver, B. C. (Pacific Division)/ Fourth Annual 25-Year Club Dinner - November 5, 1955/ Back Row, Left to Right (Standing):/ Bill Jones, Ron Butchor, Bill Fyvie, Piercy Pamphlet, Reg Birkinshaw, Jim Swan,/ Lester Heald (Ex Montreal), Harry Daly, Angus McLachlan, Dave Nelson, Doug Urry,/ Tommy Nelson, Ben McNamee, Tom Bate, Hans Mattson, Archie Bockus./ Third Row, Left to Right (Standing):/ Arthur Pruden, Harry Minshall, Bob Baylis, Tom Williams, Gordon Logan, Frank White,/ Ex- Winnipeg, Allan Gentles, Ed Stewart Ex-Winnipeg, John Ross, Tommy Carter, Art/ Daly, Clair Ross./ Second Row, Left to Right (Seated):/ Jack Buckthorp, Frank Fletcher, Ed Strubin, Mrs. Doris White, John Baxter, Ernie/ Jarman, Jim Jagger, Harold McInnes./ Front Row, Left to Right (seated on Floor):/ Bob Strachan, Tommy Duncan, Jim Stewart, Jack McStay, Tom White, Eddie Cockriell,/ Ralph Smith, George Lewin, Jack Wilson, Bert Vicars./ Absent: Bert Mills, Chris Stromnes."
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.0 cm mounted on cardboard
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Photograph of a crane lifting a large pipe on or off a truck at the Dominion Bridge Co. Ltd. A number of other pipes are piled at the left side of the photograph.
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.0 cm mounted on cardboard
Description Level
Item
Record No.
092-001
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of a crane lifting a large pipe on or off a truck at the Dominion Bridge Co. Ltd. A number of other pipes are piled at the left side of the photograph.
Printed on bottom of photo, "Dominion Bridge Co., Limited / Pacific Division"
Printed on back of cardboard "GIL: Graphic Industries Ltd. / Vancouver's Most Complete Photographic Service / 54 West Hastings, Vancouver 4, B.C. / Phone Pacific 4174 File No: 3850-4"
Photograph of the interior of a Dominion Bridge Co. Ltd. building. Three men are working on a large pipe. Two signs read, "Danger / X-Ray Operating / Keep Out."
Photograph of the interior of a Dominion Bridge Co. Ltd. building. Three men are working on a large pipe. Two signs read, "Danger / X-Ray Operating / Keep Out."
Photograph of Tom White, Dave Maw, and Bert Vicars, three Dominion Bridge Company staff, standing in front of a car that has been parked in front of Dominion Bridge Company's Burnaby Plant.
Photograph of Tom White, Dave Maw, and Bert Vicars, three Dominion Bridge Company staff, standing in front of a car that has been parked in front of Dominion Bridge Company's Burnaby Plant.
Development in the Broadview area slowed during World War Two, but after the war, the area became home to a number of industrial sites. The first major plant to be built here was the Dominion Bridge Company which opened in 1930.
over 100 plans on multiple sheets : col. lithographic prints
Scope and Content
Series consists of fire insurance plans of Greater Vancouver and Burnaby created by the British Columbia Insurance Underwriters Association and a fire insurance plan of the Dominion Bridge Company, Burnaby Plant created by Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
over 100 plans on multiple sheets : col. lithographic prints
Scope and Content
Series consists of fire insurance plans of Greater Vancouver and Burnaby created by the British Columbia Insurance Underwriters Association and a fire insurance plan of the Dominion Bridge Company, Burnaby Plant created by Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
History
The British Columbia Underwriters' Association was founded in Victoria in 1880, most likely under the name British Columbia Fire Underwriters Association. In 1928 the organisation changed its name to the British Columbia Insurance Underwriters Association, and again in 1940 to the British Columbia Underwriters Association.
Subseries consists of documents and photographs pertaining to the Patterson family.
History
Frances Mabel "May" Webb was born in Cradley, England on December 5, 1872. She sailed from England to Victoria, BC with her parents, Joseph William Webb and Frances Jane Webb (nee Yapp) on the SS Lake Winnipeg in 1889. One of the few possessions that she brought with her was an old wood-rimmed bicycle which she found quite useful after her move to Burnaby. She would ride it all the way from Patterson’s Trail and Westminster Road (today’s Patterson Avenue and Kingsway) to the Woodward’s store in Vancouver where she would place her grocery order. She packed a pearl handled revolver with her in order to scare any bears she might see along her ride.
In 1890, Frances married Dugald Campbell Patterson (b. 1860, d. 1931) in Victoria, BC. In 1894, the couple built a pioneer homestead and farm on five acres at what would become the north east section of Central Park. Dugald founded Vulcan Iron Works (later Dominion Bridge Company) in New Westminister in 1903, and the couple settled in the Central Park district. By 1904, the family moved to the Edmonds district where in 1909 she operated the post office that her husband founded. In 1910, they began construction of a new house, complete with tennis courts and a gazebo, on 14 acres purchased for $720. The house is now located at 7106 18th Avenue and is a dedicated heritage building.
The couple had seven children: William H. "Bill", Jean, Frances Mabel Lili., Dugald C. Jr, Mary, Charles Bruce, and Alice.
The Pattersons were community-minded citizens that served Burnaby through their involvement with local municipal affairs and politics. In 1909, Dugald became the first postmaster of Edmonds. He also served as a School Trustee from 1912-13 and was one of the first residents to lobby Burnaby City Council to preserve the local ravines as parks. They also helped build the Central Park Presbyterian Church, along with other pioneer families. The family name is remembered and honoured by the naming of Patterson Avenue and the Patterson SkyTrain Station located in the Metrotown area.
Frances Mabel assisted her husband with an insurance and real estate company that he founded in Burnaby and New Westminster. This experience would prove invaluable, as she would later become an insurance agent for the Wawanesa Insurance Company (founded in 1896). Frances never owned an automobile, so she met her insurance clients all over Burnaby, New Westminster and Vancouver by using the Lower Mainland’s street car system. The insurance profession continued to provide her with a steady income long after her husband’s death.
Frances Mabel died in New Westminster, BC on August 30, 1960.
Frances Mabel Lili Patterson was born on June 9, 1905 and was the fifth child born to Dugald Campbell and Frances Mabel Patterson. She became the first PBX switchboard operator for the Municipality of Burnaby in the early 1920’s. PBX, or Private Branch Exchange, was the term used for an internal telephone system. Frances later became president of the Professional Women’s Association of New Westminster, and volunteered her time with the May Day celebrations in New Westminster. She was also a dedicated member of the Rebekah Lodge (the women’s division of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows). While in the lodge, she met her future husband, Walter Duke and they married on July 12, 1939. They couple moved to Wenatchee, Washington after getting married, and Frances relocated to Victoria after her husband died. Frances died on January 13, 1974.
Doreen Nettie Patterson was born December 12, 1927, the youngest daughter of Charles Bruce Patterson and Elva Eleanore Patterson (nee Elliott). At age 23, Doreen became the first woman from BC to enlist in the new Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service and by the fall of 1951, she had become a Wren in the Royal Canadian Navy. She received her basic training at HMCS Cornwallis and became a radio intelligence operator for the wireless communications base at Naval Radio Station Coverdale near Moncton, New Brunswick. In 1953, she was chosen to serve a term at the naval base in Churchill, Manitoba. She was one of only eleven women to ever serve there. After her career in the navy, Doreen worked in the accounting division for Simpsons-Sears in Burnaby near her grandparent’s original family home at Patterson Avenue and Kingsway. Doreen married Gerard Reitsma on August 18, 1960. Doreen died on April 30, 2000.