Construction of Big Bend Highway (West Leg)
The album documents the construction of the so-called ‘Big Bend’ Highway (West Leg) north of Revelstoke, B.C., now a part of Highway 23, between 1934 and 1936. The photos consist of scenery along the way, work being completed, machinery, bridges, ...
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F.W.A, Archive Irving (in car), J.F. Bourne, instrument
Three men posing next to a National Parks of Canada Engineering Service truck.
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F.W.A. Headquarters, Camp 23 Mile
Three men standing outside of a tent encampment.
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View of mountains along the highway at mile 30.5.
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FWA and Frank Thorne, Camp 27 Mile
Two men posing next to a National Parks of Canada Engineering Service truck.
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F.W. Anderson standing next to a National Parks of Canada Engineering Service truck.
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"Gulliver", James Graham, foreman, Camp 23 Mile
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Jos Hammond and FWA on Tote Road, Mile 60
Two men standing along a road.
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G. Wohannsen with improvised drilling machine
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View of a mudslide that has washed out a road.
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Slide in First Canyon, Mile 4.5
View of a mudslide that has washed out a road.
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Scoured about foundation - Bridge Mile 9.6
Men working on a foundation of a bridge.
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View of a car crossing bridge.
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View of the road.
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Remains of Trestle Bridge destroyed by snowslide, Mile 21.2
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G. Wohannsen with improvised drilling machine he made.
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Light delivery wrecked by falling tree on highway - bush fire, Aug. 1936, Mile 20.7
View of car that was destroyed by a fallen tree.
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Crib construction - Clay sand slope, Mile 23.5
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Looking north - hand sloped, Mile 21.6
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Men sloping, high gravel bank, excavated by 60 cat., Mile 23.7
View of men working on a road.
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Carnes Creek and Highway Bridge, M 24.3
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60-Cat with men sloping North side of Carnes Ck., Mile 24.3
View of men working on a road.
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Looking north toward Holdich Ck. Bridge, Mile 25.3
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Finished Approach to Holdich Ck. Bridge, Mile 25.3 (same locaility as previous view)
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Men making gumbo slope - Mile 29.75
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Detail of Reconstructed Bridge, Mile 29.9, Double strut trussed beam - 36' span
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Reconstructed Bridge, Mile 29.9 (from upstream)
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View of highway looking north.
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Looking North, Mile 36.2, after brushing - same location as previous
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Byers gas shovel and men sloping, North side of Keystone Ck., Mile 39.0
View of men working on a road.
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Making Cut and Fill at Gumbo Section, Mile 39.4
View of men working on a road.
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"Piling" to hold shoulder of Gumbo Fill, Mile 39.4 (same place as previous)
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Gas Shovel using "gill-poke" to slope clay-sand bank near top of Downie Hill, Mile 41.1
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View looking South from top of Downie Hill, Columbia River on right, Mile 41.4
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View looking South along Finished Road, Mile 41.5
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Red Rock Gulch before Reconstruction, Mile 43.2
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Same underconstruction to elminate "shoo-fly" bridge and to improve grade and alignment
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60-cat with backfill blade making fill on north side of Red Rock Gulch, Mile 43.2
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Heavy Crib (cedar) Construction at Toe of Boulder, Clay Slope, Mile 43.3
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View from Highway, looking south, Columbia River, Mile 44.2
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Close-up Skewing Toe Crib and Culvert Capping, Mile 44.98
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20-Cat with Bulldozer Grading after Blast in Solid Rock Cut, Mile 45.6
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Gulch at "Shoo-Fly", later filled, Mile 47.2
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Gulch at "Shoo-Fly", later filled, Mile 49.1
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Bridge Across Goldstream River, Mile 57.4
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Construction of Tote Road, Mile 59.0
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Tote Road (one way) in good mixed timber, Mile 59.9
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