Construction Of The High Level Bridge
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- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1908
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 19780260014
- Physical Description
- Black and white copy print Negative available
- Scope and Content
- About one-quarter of the 100-man steel assembly crew for the CPR Bridge (High Level Bridge). Robert (Cappy) Faulds is standing on the right on the pier with his hand on the steel column. Tom Frankish, a foreman, is on the ground at the extreme right. Syvver Johnson, the man with a hat and moustach…
- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1908
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- Black and white copy print Negative available
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- History Biographical
- John William (Red) Murphy homesteaded in the Travers district. He won the land in a poker game on a riverboat on the Mississippi River in 1904. He eventually amassed eight sections of land in the area. Mr. Murphy worked on the high Level bridge in 1908, and also worked on the Spiral Tunnels at Field, British Columbia.
- Acquisition Source
- Johnston, Alexander deceased
- Scope and Content
- About one-quarter of the 100-man steel assembly crew for the CPR Bridge (High Level Bridge). Robert (Cappy) Faulds is standing on the right on the pier with his hand on the steel column. Tom Frankish, a foreman, is on the ground at the extreme right. Syvver Johnson, the man with a hat and moustache, is in the centre of the bottom row. John William (Red) Murphy is standing on the foundation at the far right.
- Access Restrictions
- Public Access
- Accession No.
- 19780260014
- Collection
- Archive
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