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Bridges - Fraser River Bridge (1st) -
Construction - 1903
#2540
Date: 1903 - Wednesday, November 11
Source: Donald Macdonald, donor
Photographer: W.T. Cooksley, New Westminster
Information: Written on the back of the original photograph
was the following: "Span of New Combined Traffic and Railway Bridge
Across the Fraser River at New Westminster. This span, 380 feet
long and 50 feet high, was built on false work between the piers
where the swing span is to operate, and on Wednesday, November
11, 1903, was moved bodily to its destined position between piers
3 and 4, where the river is over 90 feet deep. This was done by
means of four large scows, placed beneath it at low tide, and
as these rose sufficiently they were towed clear of the piers
by two tugs, and wire cables, operated by a donkey engine, guided
to its present position. The actual operation of moving was carried
out within the hour, and is the fourteenth such performance by
the contracting firm, the Dominion Bridge Company, of Montreal."
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Bridges
- Fraser River Bridge (1st) - Opening Day
#115
Date: July 23, 1904
Source: New Westminster Museum
Photographer: ?
Information: Bridge opening celebrations, July 23rd 1904.
First train across. The man in the centre is C.P. Moss, who helped
build the bridge.
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Bridges - Fraser River Bridge (1st) -
Completed
#1779
Date: c.1904 (?)
Source: New West Public Library
Photographer: __________
Information: Fraser River Bridge with its swing span open.
Begun in 1902, the Fraser River Railroad Bridge was opened July
23, 1904. As well as carrying railroad tracks it had a second
level for foot passengers and wagons. This is a print of the original
postcard.
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Bridges
- Fraser River Bridge (1st) - Completed
#2179
Date: 1913
Source: Esther Paulson, donor
Photographer: ___________
Information: Print of a postcard of the Fraser River Bridge.
The bridge opened on July 23, 1904. Although the date hand-written
on the back of the postcard reads "August 26, 1913" - the photograph
might even be earlier since the same postcards circulated for
a number of years.
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