Looking south-east along the Yorkton railway yards
- YJ0099
- File
- 1882-1967
Part of Howard Jackson Collection
Looking south-east along the railway yards form the C. P .R. water tower in 1897.
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Looking south-east along the Yorkton railway yards
Part of Howard Jackson Collection
Looking south-east along the railway yards form the C. P .R. water tower in 1897.
Victoria school and the West End school
Part of Howard Jackson Collection
Victoria school and the West End school.
Above.
Victoria school, built on the present site of Shaw Park on 5th. Avenue in 1899. Mr. J. A. Gregory was the principal and Mr. J. A. M. Patrick was his assistant. This building became outdated and was replaced by the New Victoria school on 4th. Avenue in 1929.
Left.
The West End school, built on the present site of the Western Grocers building on Broadway West in 1905. It was moved, in 1910, to the corner of Broadway and Melrose Ave., to make way for the right-of-way of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. It was used for school purposes until the Simpson school was opened in 1915. The building is still in a good state of repair and has been used as a multiple for a long number of years.
First building built in Yorkton
Part of Howard Jackson Collection
First building in Yorkton, the J.W. Thornton Building. The business men at the old town-site realized that the village had little future with a railway being built three miles to the south. J.W. Thornton was the first to move. He built this building on Livingstone street and Market street in late 1888 or early '89.
Left-side of Looking south-east along the railway yards
Part of Howard Jackson Collection
Left-side of Looking south-east along the railway yards form the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) water tower in 1897.
Collection contains photos and postcards reflecting Biggar and District.
Steam Engine #503 at Biggar, SK
Part of Biggar Photograph Collection
Three men in front of a steam engine. The side of the steam engine reads "G.T.P. Engineering Dept. 503"
Two Wrecking Cranes Cleaning Up A Train Wreck Near Biggar, SK
Part of Biggar Photograph Collection
Groups of men standing among two wrecking cranes cleaning up a derailed train car
Written on the back in pencil "11"
Men In Front Of The Roundhouse In Biggar, SK
Part of Biggar Photograph Collection
Eight men standing in front of the roundhouse in Biggar, SK
Laying railtrack north of Moose Jaw
Part of Rice's Studio collection
Image of crew laying railroad tracks north of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
Rice, Lewis
"G.T.P. Steam Engine #857 and Wrecking Crane"
Part of Biggar Photograph Collection
A steam engine with "Grand Trunk Pacific 857" printed on the side and a wrecking crane in front of it
Written on the back in pencil: "G.T.P. steam engine 857 wrecking crane"
C.P.R. Gravel Pit and G.T.P. Water Tank
Part of Biggar Photograph Collection
Two small wooden building with another tall wooden structure behind them to the left
A girl is in front of one building and two horses are beside the other building
Machinery and hills can be seen in the background
Written on the back in blue ink: "Old CPR gravel Pit & GTP Water tank 3 Miles East"
Written on the back in pencil: " water tanks taken down after coming of Diesels"
The number "10" is written in blue marker
The word "Identical" is written in pencil on a white sticker
Part of Biggar Photograph Collection
Exterior view of Engine #3536 near Biggar, Saskatchewan.
Part of Biggar Photograph Collection
Three men standing in front of a steam engine which has the number 846 on it; a wagon, two people and a building are in the background
Part of Biggar Photograph Collection
Two men standing on the back of, and three men standing beside a caboose with "Grand Trunk Pacific" printed on the side, in the railyard in Biggar, Saskatchewan.