Moving the Powell farm house with basement intact across the Eagle Creek bridge. This was the most difficult part of the journey.
Front view facing north. Date on back: July 7, 1932,
Vicarage of Anglican Church viewed from northeast.
The Powell farm house approaching the Eagle Creek bridge.
Some of the excavation work behind the transport of the Powell house. Unclear if this is at the old or present location of the house.
Family on ground in front of house with prairie background
Small 1 1/2 storey wooden house, painted or whitewashed, wooden outbuildings. Family of one older man, man and woman, four children of which three are teens; all seated on the grass.
Herman Holler standing in front of wooden shack; barrels scattered, chimney pipe protruding from the roof. Prairie background. Wood branches in teepee stack in background.
The Powell house mid-move with members of its moving crew standing around it. W. Ross Thompson moved the house.
The Powell house mid-move with some of the equipment that made it possible in the forefront of the photo.
The Powell house mid-move with some of the equipment that made it possible in the forefront of the photo.
Moving the Powell farm house through the Eagle Creek valley from its original location about 8 miles north of Eagle Creek to its present position, 2.5 miles south of Rosetown.
The Powell house raised up on blocks in preparation to move to its new location. The house was bought and moved by W. Ross Thompson in October of 1971.
First United Church in Rosetown and manse. Photo by Ward Studios.
Several unidentified children sit on a Model T Ford truck parked in front of an old frame house (shack).
Three teams of horses hitched to a small frame house preparing to drag it on snow. Three men are holding the reins. Dog in front.