Engineering Building - Addition - Construction
- A-397
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- 1961
Progress shot of construction of Engineering Building Addition.
Engineering Building - Addition - Construction
Progress shot of construction of Engineering Building Addition.
Looking northwest with field in foreground. A rail car sits in front of the College Building at far right. Campus buildings in background (l to r): Power House, Engineering Building, Livestock Pavilion and University (Main) Barn visible in background.
Looking northwest with feed (grain) elevator and Rutherford Rink in foreground, Engineering Building at centre and Western College of Veterinary Medicine at top.
Looking north at campus buildings (l to r): Engineering Building, Livestock Pavilion, and Main Barn.
Returned Soldiers - Training - Group Photo
Returned men gathered outside tractor laboratory in Engineering Building; winter scene.
Engineering Building - Chemical Engineering Lab
View of Chemical Engineering Lab with equipment; located in Engineering Building.
Sketch of proposed Engineering Building.
Bio/historical note: The original Engineering Building was destroyed by fire on Friday, 13 March 1925.
Engineering Building - Construction
Internal framing being erected for the new Engineering Building.
Bio/Historical Note: The original Engineering Building was designed to house the Agricultural Engineering Department, though it would eventually be home to the Department of Field Husbandry as well. The redbrick exterior was largely constructed during the summer of 1911 while the interior work was completed during the winter of 1911-12. The Engineering Building was designed by the original campus architects, David Brown and Hugh Vallance, and made allowances for the great variety of work within the field of agricultural engineering: the lower floor was designed for use in blacksmithing, cement work, engine construction and heavy farm machinery. The second floor contained a lecture room as well as room for woodwork, carpentry, pumps and farm-barn equipment. The third floor was devoted to a draughting room and light farm equipment. The main entrance to the building opened into the blacksmith’s forge. In 1913 a second wing was built with Brown and Vallance again serving as chief architects, as they would again in 1920. By December 1923 a final addition, designed by Saskatoon architect J. K. Verbeke, was completed by Bennett & White Construction for $8,800. At approximately 3 a.m. on the morning of Friday, 13 March 1925, a fire broke out in the north end of the building's Tractor Laboratory. In less than three hours everything but the Ceramic Lab had been completely destroyed. The fire came as a shock to many, as the entire building had been subjected to a rigorous fire inspection only a day prior to the blaze. Plans for a new Engineering Building to be constructed on the original foundation were promptly issued, and other building projects, including the long-anticipated Arts Building, were postponed.
Looking east at Engineering Building at left and Livestock Pavilion at right. At centre in background is the University farm foreman’s residence at left and the boarding house for farm workers at right.
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A group of Returned Soldiers in front of the Engineering Building.
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Construction of wing of engineering building
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North-east side of Engineering building with foliage in foreground; Summer.
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Model of engineeering building
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Engineering building in winter
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View from northeast of Engineering Building north entrance with trees in foreground.