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Bowman, Fred - Interview

Item number (ISN):

172158

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1970-11-26

Item number (ISN):

172158

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

DOMINION BRIDGE COMPANY / COMPAGNIE DOMINION BRIDGE

Accession:

1984-0443

Media:

Sound

Part:

6 of 6

Production date:

1970-11-26

Production company:

Dominion Bridge Company

Description:

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Interview of Fred Bowman, former chief erection engineer for the Dominion Bridge Company in Montreal. Bowman recalls his first job after graduating from civil engineering when he was hired as a draftsmen in 1911 and remained with Dominion Bridge for 49 years. Recounting his fascination with steel bridge erection rather than drafting, Bowman recalls several projects where he was the chief field erection engineer: the cantilever bridge at St. John, New Brunswick; the Jacques Cartier Bridge at Montreal; the Ile d'Orléans Bridge at Quebec City, the company's first suspension bridge in 1936 when piano wire and a weighted bicycle wheel were used to measure the river span between anchor pins; and a bridge in Brisbane, Australia. Other projects mentioned are the erection of the bauxite plant at the Aluminum Company of Canada's facilities at Port Alfred, Quebec and the drydocks at Halifax Harbour. Bowman recalls the company's fabrication of ships during World War II in Montreal when a ship was built in 18 days in spite of a shortage of workers. Other topics include: the description of a steel "erector's" job; the type of men attracted to such a dangerous job such as the Native "high steel men" from the Caughnawaga Reserve and finally, comments on various erection foremen such as David Bell and other managers round out the interview.

Language:

English

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

163516

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1984-0443/136
1984-0443/137
1984-0443/138
1984-0443/139
1984-0443/140
1984-0443/141

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

6

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

361913

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 2001-07-0022

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Duration:

65:09

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

361914

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 2001-07-0023

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Duration:

59:53

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1001076

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A4 2001-07-0022

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Made from:

1984-0443/132
1984-0443/133
1984-0443/134
1984-0443/135
1984-0443/136
1984-0443/137
1984-0443/138
1984-0443/139
1984-0443/140
1984-0443/141

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1001077

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A4 2001-07-0023

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Made from:

1984-0443/136
1984-0443/137
1984-0443/138
1984-0443/139
1984-0443/140
1984-0443/141

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1136136

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

172158-1984-0443-136.WAV
172158-1984-0443-137.WAV
172158-1984-0443-138.WAV
172158-1984-0443-139.WAV
172158-1984-0443-140.WAV
172158-1984-0443-141.WAV

Number of items:

6

Kind of sound:

BWF

Duration:

80:43

Made from:

1984-0443/136
1984-0443/137
1984-0443/138
1984-0443/139
1984-0443/140
1984-0443/141

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

A1 2001-07-0022
A1 2001-07-0023

GENCAT identity number:

MSS 16476

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of AMCA : with permission of interviewees during their lifetimesThe copyright on this material was originally held by Dominion Bridge, a company that moved to the States and became AMCA and then United Dominion. Apparently United Dominion sold its Dominion Bridge division to a Canadian company, in 1993.According to the Gazette of 13 November 1998, Dominion Bridge of Lachine became part of ADF Heavy Industries, part of the Group ADF Inc. which is owned by the Au Dragon Forgè (Paschini family) of Terrebonne, Quebec.ADF was then acquired by TIL Cintreurs de Tubes International Ltee.Copyright owner: TIL Cintreurs de Tubes International Ltee.

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