- A-366
- Pièce
- [13 Mar. 1925]
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View of ruins after fire destroyed the first Engineering Building on Friday, 13 March 1925.
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View of ruins after fire destroyed the first Engineering Building on Friday, 13 March 1925.
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View of ruins after fire destroyed the first Engineering Building on Friday, 13 March 1925. Two unidentified men standing among ruins.
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View of ruins after fire destroyed the first Engineering Building on Friday, 13 March 1925.
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View of twisted metal after fire destroyed the first Engineering Building on Friday, 13 March 1925.
Engineering Building - Addition - Construction
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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
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View looking northeast of first Engineering Building. Road and landscaping in foreground.
Engineering - Class in Session
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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.
Campus - Scenic - Physical Education Building
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Elevated view looking east of University buildings from l to r: Engineering Building, Main Barn, and Physical Education Building. Greenhouses in foreground.
National Research Council and Engineering Building
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Elevated view looking northeast at National Research Council building, with Engineering Building in background.
Bio/Historical Note: In 1916 the National Research Council legislation was enacted and the institution was formed with the mandate to advise the government on matters of science and industrial research. For the first 15 or 16 years of its existence the NRC consisted of offices and borrowed lab space. It launched Canada’s first research journal, “Canadian Journal of Research” and funded research for human and bovine tuberculosis – a significant domestic problem in the 1920s. In 1932, NRC’s first dedicated lab was built in Ottawa. The NRC established a laboratory on the east side of the University of Saskatchewan campus in 1948. The original purpose of the facility was to “use chemistry and biology to diversify Canadian agriculture.” Originally called the “Prairie Regional Lab” then the “Plant Biotechnology Institute,” the facility is now known as “NRC Saskatoon.”
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Elevated view looking northeast of College Building at right; Power House and Engineering Building in background. [Physics Building construction in foreground]. Winter scene.
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Looking east at campus buildings (from l to r): Emmanuel College, Qu'Appelle Hall, Administration Building, Field Husbandry Building, and Engineering Building. Taken from the west bank of the South Saskatchewan River.
Visits of State - Governor General - Duke of Devonshire
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The Governor General of Canada, the Duke of Devonshire, walking towards a car in front of the Engineering Building. Crowd in background at right.
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Returned men working on and around a Case steamer inside the Engineering Building.
Department of Field Husbandry Building - Exterior
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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.
Field Husbandry Building and Engineering Building
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Elevated view of Department of Field Husbandry (later Crop Science) Building and College of Engineering Building.