Engineering Building - Exterior
- A-386
- Item
- 1938
View looking northwest of Engineering Building with road, shrubs and sidewalk in foreground.
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Engineering Building - Exterior
View looking northwest of Engineering Building with road, shrubs and sidewalk in foreground.
View of greenhouses in centre foreground of image. University buildings in background are l to r: outer edge of Administration Building, Engineering Building, Livestock Pavilion, and Main Barn. Flowering shrubs in foreground.
Engineering Building - Exterior
Slide of exterior of first Engineering Building, with shrubs in foreground.
Engineering Building - RCAF Hangar
Looking north at a former Royal Canadian Air Force hut located at rear of Engineering Building. College (Administration) Building at upper right.
Engineering Building - Exterior
Looking northwest at the College of Engineering; cars parking in front.
Department of Field Husbandry Building - Exterior
View of Field Husbandry Building at centre; National Research Council Building at left and Engineering Building at right.
Bio/Historical Note: Field Husbandry changed its name to Crop Science in 1962.
University of Saskatchewan student receiving instruction
University of Saskatchewan student receiving instruction on the operation of an engine in the [Engineering Building.]
Engineering Building - Tractor Laboratory
View of Engineering Building as seen from the Poultry Science Building; winter scene.
Bio/historical note: The original Engineering Building was destroyed by fire on Friday, 13 March 1925.
Returned men standing in front of Engineering Building; winter scene.
Returned men gathered outside of Engineering Building.
Gasoline Traction Engine Course
Image of participants in the Gasoline Traction Engine Course, standing in front of the Engineering Building.
Bio/Historical Note: This was the first class ever conducted on campus; classes began in the new College Building that fall.
Farm Boys Club - Grain Club - Saskatoon
Club members sitting on stools at small tables, looking at grain samples in Engineering Building at University of Saskatchewan.
[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. Sign on running board reads: "McLaughlin Motor Car Model D45". A man walks toward camera in foreground; dog and 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.
Wiring of thermal couples from a straw gas retort. Wires and boxes sitting on a shelf in [Engineering] Building. In a chemistry laboratory, a retort is a device used for distillation or dry distillation of substances.
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.