Engineering Building - Exterior
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- 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.
Engineering Building - Exterior
View looking northwest of Engineering Building. Cars on road; bikes in bike racks, and shrubbery in foreground.
Engineering Building - Addition - Construction
View of construction of Engineering Building addition; winter scene.
Bio/Historical Note: The modern day Engineering Building was built on the foundations of the original Engineering Building which was destroyed by fire 13 March 1925. Construction began the following June with an expected completion date of 1 November 1926. Gentil J.K. Verbeke of Saskatoon designed the new building, which was initially budgeted at $277,150. In reality the project would run well into February 1926 and eventually cost $304,169.65. The still uncompleted Engineering Building was occupied by the college in January 1926. Similar in design to its predecessor, the new Engineering Building featured a few noteworthy improvements. These included skylights for the top floor and individual lights for the draughting tables, a smoking lounge for students, and a new library and reading room. The new building contained 89,000 gross square feet of space, and also housed the dean and assistant dean’s offices, about 15 staff offices, drafting rooms, several lecture rooms, laboratories and postgraduate student offices. In 1939 the west wing of the new building was extended northward to house the Mechanical Engineering laboratories and the welding shop. An extension of the tractor lab was completed on 7 February 1941 for $33,188.60. The extension was designed by Gentil J.K. Verbeke and was built by Shannon Bros. Construction. A full addition to the west wing also designed by Verbeke was completed in 1946 by W. C. Wells Contractors for $31,890. The official opening of the west wing took place on 10 February 1948. In 1949 a World War II Air Force hangar was adjoined to the building to provide “temporary” space for the college. In the fall of 1961 the Evan A. Hardy Laboratory was completed as part of greater construction on the building. The laboratory project included extensive space for the Department of Agricultural Engineering, the Agricultural Engineering Research and Development Section and the Divisions of Hydrology and Control Systems. The project was completed in 1963 for $611,761; it was constructed by W.C. Wells Construction. The lab was designed by architect J. K. Verbeke while the further addition was designed by the architectural firm of Webster, Forrester and Scott. In the late 1970s the Engineering Building would undergo drastic renovations.
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.
Engineering Building - Exterior
Winter scene looking northwest of Engineering Building; car parked at left. Lamp post visible in foreground.
Campus - Scenic - Engineering Building
Elevated view looking northeast at University buildings (from l to r): Field Husbandry (later Crop Science) Building; Engineering Building; and National Research Council. Landscaping and lamp post visible in foreground. Probably taken from Physics Building.
Looking south across fields at Engineering Building, University (Main) Barn, and Livestock Pavilion.
Campus - Scenic - Field Husbandry Building and Engineering Building
Looking northeast at Field Husbandry (later Crop Science) Building and Engineering Building. Two unidentified women sitting on grass in foreground; cars parked on road.
Engineering Building - Exterior
View looking northeast of first Engineering Building. Road and landscaping in foreground.
Engineering Building - Addition - Construction
Progress shot of construction of Engineering Building Addition.
Engineering Building - Interior
Scene inside workshop in Engineering Building. Blacksmith tools like forges, anvils and other equipment standing in rows.
Bio/Historical Note: Walter C. Murray, University President, saw that the College of Agriculture would keep the university close to the life of the people. Between 1909-1912, before they had teaching space, the agriculture faculty developed the agriculture farm and traveled doing extension work, most significantly, with the Better Farming Train. The Saskatchewan Minister of Agriculture, W.R. Motherwell, supported extension work with tax revenue funds. In October 1912, the first agriculture class was taught. Both a 3-year associate course and a degree course were available. In 1937 the associate program became the School of Agriculture. The school responded to local farming problems by teaching and research and with new departments directed to these areas.
Engineering - Class in Session
Image of Engineering students seated in Room 130 during a lecture in the Engineering Building. W.B. Baker, Director, School of Agriculture, seated in foreground.
Gasoline Tractor Engine Course
Image of participants in the Gasoline Traction Engine Course, standing in front of two tractors parked 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.
Engineering Building - Addition - Architectural Sketch
Architectural sketch of addition to the Engineering Building, showing landscaping and sidewalks.
Bio/Historical Note: In the late 1970s the Engineering Building would go through drastic renovations. In six stages from 1977 to 1983 the entire building was completely overhauled and redesigned. It encompassed the replacement of the original portion of the single storey west wing, the removal of the Storage Building, the construction of additions, and renovations in what remained of the original building. The architectural firm responsible for this redesign was Forrester, Scott and Bowers, and the total cost of the project would eventually surpass $13 million. The reconstruction began in 1977. It included the demolition of the old central heating and power plant, the construction of additions to house the Hardy Lab and central shops, and the relocation of a small section serving the Department of Geological Sciences. The second phase included the demolition of a one-storey wing of the building which adjoined the Hardy Lab, and its replacement with a larger three-story structure. A second storey was then built over the office section of the Hardy Lab, which was also renovated. The first phase of demolition work was carried out by CEL Contracting for $136,000 while the second was performed by Roscoe Enterprises for $39,626. The majority of the reconstruction itself was performed by Cana Construction for $1,012,730.