- A-382
- Stuk
- [13 Mar. 1925]
View of twisted metal 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.
View of ruins after fire destroyed the first Engineering Building on Friday, 13 March 1925.
View of ruins after fire destroyed the first Engineering Building on Friday, 13 March 1925. Bushes and lamp post in foreground.
View of ruins after fire destroyed the first Engineering Building on Friday, 13 March 1925.
View of ruins of pipe work after fire destroyed the first Engineering Building on Friday, 13 March 1925.
View of twisted metal after fire destroyed the first Engineering Building on Friday, 13 March 1925.
Engineering Building - Agricultural Machinery
Machines housed in the Tractor Laboratory of the new Engineering Building.
Group of men picking carrots in a field. Buildings in background (l to r): Power House, Engineering Building, and Livestock Pavilion.
Bio/Historical Note: This field was where the Physical Education building was later located in the 1940s. During World War II and for some years after crops were grown on campus.
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 - Tractor Laboratory
View of Engineering Building as seen from the Poultry Science Building; winter scene.
Bio/historical note: The original Engineering Building was destroyed by fire on Friday, 13 March 1925.
Looking south across fields at Engineering Building, University (Main) Barn, and Livestock Pavilion.
Wiring of thermal couples from a straw gas retort. Wires and boxes sitting on a shelf in [Engineering] Building. In a chemistry laboratory, a retort is a device used for distillation or dry distillation of substances.
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.
Returned Soldiers - Training - Group Photo
Returned men seated in tiers on benches in [Engineering Building].
Returned Soldiers - Division 17 - Group Photo
Returned men standing in front of [Engineering Building]; winter scene.
Tractors and discs lined up outside Engineering Building; several men standing among machinery.