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John Robert Clarke Macredie fonds [textual record, graphic material]
Hierarchical level:FondsContext of this record:Fonds includes:2 lower level description(s)View lower level description(s) -
Finding aid Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid is a file list. MSS0639 (90: Open)
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Record information John Robert Clarke Macredie fonds [textual record, graphic material]
Date:1903-1919.Reference:R1515-0-0-E, MG30-B80Type of material:Photographs, Textual materialFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:102426Date(s):1903-1919.Place of creation:AlbertaExtent:4 photograph albums: b&w.
20 cm of textual records.
378 photographs: b&wLanguage of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of diaries, engineering notes and progress photographs relating to various railway construction projects, 1904-1918.
The photographs show various views of the Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian Northern Railway bridges in Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia. 1903-1919. The diaries document the work done on the various projects.
Material in the fonds was microfilmed and then later the microfilm was digitized.
For further details on the photographs, please see lower level series description.Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Macredie, John Robert Clarke, 1879-1932 : J.R.C. Macredie was born in New Brunswick and was an engineer with the Canadian Pacific Railway. He graduated in 1901 from Canada's oldest engineering college at the University of New Brunswick.
He began his career with the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1902, when he was hired as a rodman for the Engineering Department in Chapleau, Ontario. Between 1904 and 1907, he was assistant resident engineer for the Toronto - Sudbury llne and then later in northwestern Ontario near Kenora.
He the moved west and became resident engineer for the construction work relating to the Lethbridge Viaduct over the Old Man River in 1908-1909, which became one of the longest continuous girder bridges in the world.
He supervised construction of the railway bridge at Outlook, Saskatchewan and was Resident Engineer for the Construction of the Connaught tunnel, Roger's Pass, B.C., as well as being involved in numerous other projects. in Western Canada. He held the post of District Engineer for Saskatchewan, based in Moose Jaw, from 1917 until his sudden death in 1932 at the age of 53.Additional information:General note:Received in 1975 from Alice Macredie of Moose Jaw, Sask.Related material:Please see more generally the Canadian Pacific Railway fonds, MG28-III20 orR4186-0-9-E or other archival material relating to the construction of the railway.Subject heading:- Railroad bridges - Ontario
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company - Employees
- John Robert Macredie - Diaries, 1904-1918
- Railroad bridges - Saskatchewan, [1904-1918]
- Railroad bridges - Canada, Western, [1904-1918]
- Railroad bridges - British Columbia, [1904-1918]
- Railroad bridges - Canada - Photographs, [1904-1918]
- Railroad bridges - Canada - Design and construction, 1904-1918
- Engineering Canada
- Railroad engineers Canada
- Ingénierie Canada
Source:PrivateFormer archival reference no.:MG30-B80 -
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