Returned Soldiers - 16th Class - Group Photo
- A-2389
- Item
- [between 1916 and 1920]
Returned men standing and sitting in front of Engineering Building.
Returned Soldiers - 16th Class - Group Photo
Returned men standing and sitting in front of Engineering Building.
Returned Soldiers - Training - Group Photo
Returned men, taking a short course, stand in front of the Engineering Building; winter scene.
Engineering Building - Construction
Work being done on Engineering Building; scaffolding and trailer in foreground.
[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. Two unidentified men walking away at right. Sign on running board reads: "McLaughlin Motor Car Model D45". 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.
Engineering - Original Blocks from 1st Avenue
Numbered concrete bricks or blocks sitting in a pile in front of the Engineering Building. Information from A-4756: "Original blocks put in at site 1st Ave - 22nd-23rd taken out in 1928 when Massey Harris Bldg put up."
Bio/Historical Note: A three-storey concrete Massey Ferguson farm machinery warehouse operated in Saskatoon from 1929-1959 at 105 1st Avenue North. The building served a number of other uses until it was demolished in 1973. The Hilton Garden Inn Hotel now stands on the site (2021).
Engineering Building - Exterior
Looking southwest at Engineering Building shortly after completion. Power house at left; cars parked in front. North addition nearing completion.
Bio/historical note: The original Engineering Building was destroyed by fire on Friday, 13 March 1925.
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.
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.