- RG2024-2006-086-1388
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- 1995
Part of Educational Media Access and Production (EMAP) fonds
View from northwest of Engineering Building north entrance with trees in foreground.
Part of Educational Media Access and Production (EMAP) fonds
View from northwest of Engineering Building north entrance with trees in foreground.
Part of Educational Media Access and Production (EMAP) fonds
View from northwest of north side of Engineering Building with trees in foreground.
Part of Educational Media Access and Production (EMAP) fonds
View from northwest of north side of Engineering Building; trees on left and right.
Part of Educational Media Access and Production (EMAP) fonds
Engineering building in winter
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Engineering building and lawnmower
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Engineering building
Engineering Building - Exterior
View looking northwest of Engineering Building with road, shrubs and sidewalk 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.
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.
Looking towards Engineering Building from Administration Building; winter scene.
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.
Engineering Building - Construction
Early view of construction of new Engineering Building.
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.