Collection search - Kerry and Chace Limited fonds [textual record, graphic material]
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Kerry and Chace Limited fonds [textual record, graphic material]
Hierarchical level:FondsContext of this record:Fonds includes:7 lower level description(s)View lower level description(s) -
Finding aid Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid is a detailed inventory and shelf list. MSS0346 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001423.pdfPhotographs: (Paper) A history of the firm Kerry and Chace Limited in the photo accession file.Photographs: (Paper) List of captions in the accession file. -
Record information Kerry and Chace Limited fonds [textual record, graphic material]
Date:1887-1938.Reference:R6860-0-2-E, MG28-III7Type of material:Textual material, PhotographsFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:100576Date(s):1887-1938.Place of creation:OntarioExtent:8.7 m of textual records.
1,709 photographs b&w.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of the following series of textual records: Incoming reports; Incoming specifications; Estimates; Appropriations; Specifications and contracts; and Rates for electric power.
Fonds also consists of photographs relating to the activities of Kerry and Chace Limited.Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Kerry and Chace Limited, 1887-1938 : A firm of consulting engineers which was originally organized in 1907 as Smith, Kerry and Chace and incorporated in 1913. Their head office was in Toronto and they were active in the fields of railway, hydraulic, electrical and industrial engineering. They also undertook construction projects including municipal services, mines, paper mills, etc. The most prominent member of the earlier partnership and president of the succeeding company was John George Gale Kerry, a consulting engineer born in Montreal in 1867, and who had been assistant professor of Applied Science at McGill University from 1893 to 1907.Subject heading:- Railroads - Construction
- Engineers - Canada, 1887-1938 Gas Power Company, Ltd., 1910-1915
- Hydraulic engineering - Canada, 1887-1938
- Electric engineering - Canada, 1887-1938
- Industrial engineering - Canada, 1887-1938
- Construction industry - Canada, 1887-1938
- Electric power - Canada, 1909-1929
- Gas industry - Canada, 1910-1915
- Railroad engineering
Source:PrivateFormer archival reference no.:MG28-III7 -
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