Collection search - James Buchanan Stirling fonds [textual record, graphic material]
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James Buchanan Stirling fonds [textual record, graphic material]
Hierarchical level:FondsContext of this record:Fonds includes:3 lower level description(s)View lower level description(s) -
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Record information James Buchanan Stirling fonds [textual record, graphic material]
Date:1913-1927.Reference:R1533-0-2-E, MG30-B142Type of material:Photographs, Textual materialFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:102825Date(s):1913-1927.Place of creation:Québec (Province)Extent:248 photographs b&w.
0.5 cm of textual records.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of three photograph albums plus loose photographs. Two albums deal with the fabrication and erection of the Quebec Bridge and the Frozen Dog Camp on that project. The third album documents the floating into position and installation of lock gates in the Welland Ship Canal, 1926-1927, while the loose photographs deal with the Quebec Bridge and the Welland Ship Canal.
The fonds also contains an 11 page, handwritten, illustrated manuscript entitled "Some notes re: Miter Gates on Welland Canal Wall Quoin, Bedded Parts, and Procedures of Positioning Wall Bearing Plates". Written and signed by J.B. Stirling, and deals with technical details, construction, and their solution, 1926, 0.5 cm.Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Stirling, James Buchanan, 1891-1974 : James Buchanan Stirling, civil engineer, was born in 1891 at Montreal. He studied at McGill University but left before graduation and finished his engineering education on the job. During his lifetime, he worked on a number of major Canadian engineering projects, including the Quebec Bridge as part of the St. Lawrence Bridge Company. On the Welland Ship Canal, he was Assistant General Manager and Chief Engineer for the Steel Gates Co. Ltd., which fabricated and installed miter gates in the locks. During the depression of the 1930s, when enginering work was scarce, Mr. Stirling was a salesman in Montreal and then plant manager for Electrolux in Coaticook, Quebec. During World War II he worked as an engineer for Harry F. McLean on the construction of a munitions plant in Valleyfield, Quebec.Additional information:General note:Received in 1981 from Mr. James B. Stirling of Willowdale, Ont.Subject heading:Source:PrivateFormer archival reference no.:MG30-B142 -
Ordering and viewing options Conditions of access:Graphic (photo)[Consultation Open]Box [STIRLING, JAMES BUCHANAN 1982-026] C 0143--C 0144[Consultation Open]Textual records[Consultation Open]Volume [MG30 B 142] 1[Consultation Open]Terms of use:Photographs: No restrictions on use. Copyright expired.You can order materials in advance to be ready for you when you visit. You will need a user card to do this.
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