Engineering Building - Construction
- A-4900
- Item
- [ca. 1961]
Work being done on Engineering Building; scaffolding and trailer in foreground.
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Engineering Building - Construction
Work being done on Engineering Building; scaffolding and trailer in foreground.
[R.D. MacLaurin] standing (left) in front of a vehicle with a large tank attached on top which reads "Straw Gas"; [F.H. Edmunds] sitting inside. Two unidentified men walking away at right. Sign on running board reads: "McLaughlin Motor Car Model D45". Engineering Building in background.
Bio/Historical Note: Prof. R.D. MacLaurin, head, Department of Chemistry, was interested in the production of gas from straw as a fuel for heating and for engines. Though he was not alone in the research field, MacLaurin built a small extraction plant in the late 1910s and operate a McLaughlin Motor Car using straw gas. The research was promising but far from a breakthrough. The volume of gas produced was small and the mileage between fill-ups low. The most significant aspect of the research was not scientific but financial. MacLaurin felt cheated when Walter C. Murray, University President, distributed provincial research funds to several campus projects. Though he had the largest share of the grant, MacLaurin felt he deserved it all. He alleged Murray had misappropriated funds. A battle ensued for the control of the University administration. Murray was able to maintain the confidence of the Board of Governors and MacLaurin and three of his supporters - Samuel Greenway, Extension director; Ira MacKay, professor of Law; and John L. Hogg, head, Physics - were dismissed. Research into straw gas was discontinued.
Engineering - Original Blocks from 1st Avenue
Numbered concrete bricks or blocks sitting in a pile in front of the Engineering Building. Information from A-4756: "Original blocks put in at site 1st Ave - 22nd-23rd taken out in 1928 when Massey Harris Bldg put up."
Bio/Historical Note: A three-storey concrete Massey Ferguson farm machinery warehouse operated in Saskatoon from 1929-1959 at 105 1st Avenue North. The building served a number of other uses until it was demolished in 1973. The Hilton Garden Inn Hotel now stands on the site (2021).
Four men sitting in vehicle with a large tank attached on top which reads "Straw Gas". Sign on running board reads: "McLaughlin Motor Car Model D45". Engineering Building in background.
Bio/Historical Note: Prof. R.D. MacLaurin, head, Department of Chemistry, was interested in the production of gas from straw as a fuel for heating and for engines. Though he was not alone in the research field, MacLaurin built a small extraction plant in the late 1910s and operate a McLaughlin Motor Car using straw gas. The research was promising but far from a breakthrough. The volume of gas produced was small and the mileage between fill-ups low. The most significant aspect of the research was not scientific but financial. MacLaurin felt cheated when Walter C. Murray, University President, distributed provincial research funds to several campus projects. Though he had the largest share of the grant, MacLaurin felt he deserved it all. He alleged Murray had misappropriated funds. A battle ensued for the control of the University administration. Murray was able to maintain the confidence of the Board of Governors and MacLaurin and three of his supporters - Samuel Greenway, Extension director; Ira MacKay, professor of Law; and John L. Hogg, head, Physics - were dismissed. Research into straw gas was discontinued.
Engineering Building - Exterior
Looking southwest at Engineering Building shortly after completion. Power house at left; cars parked in front. North addition nearing completion.
Bio/historical note: The original Engineering Building was destroyed by fire on Friday, 13 March 1925.
University of Saskatchewan Open House
High school students observe equipment during a tour of the Engineering Building during the University Open House.
View of College Building, Qu'Appelle Hall, Saskatchewan Hall, Physics Building and Engineering Building with the Bowl at centre. Appended is a photograph of Chemistry Building at left of photograph.
View of ruins after fire destroyed the first Engineering Building on Friday, 13 March 1925.
View of ruins after fire destroyed the first Engineering Building on Friday, 13 March 1925. Bushes and lamp post in foreground.
View of ruins after fire destroyed the first Engineering Building on Friday, 13 March 1925.
View of ruins of pipe work after fire destroyed the first Engineering Building on Friday, 13 March 1925.
View of twisted metal after fire destroyed the first Engineering Building on Friday, 13 March 1925.
Engineering Building - Exterior
View looking north of first Engineering Building at centre of image. Livestock Pavilion visible at right; flower garden in foreground.
Engineering Building - Exterior
View looking northwest of Engineering Building. Cars on road; bikes in bike racks, and shrubbery in foreground.
Engineering Building - Exterior
View looking west of University buildings from l to r: Crop Science Building; Engineering Building; Rutherford Rink; Livestock Pavilion; and National Research Council. Landscaping and road in foreground.