Collection search - Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Engineering Department construction plans and drawings [cartographic material; technical drawings]

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Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Engineering Department construction plans and drawings [cartographic material; technical drawings]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-series

Date:

1903-1930.

Reference:

R231-3998-6-E

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

5268287

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Canadian National Railway Company fonds

Predecessor companies

Grand Trunk Pacific Railway System

Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Engineering Department construction plans and drawings
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Date(s):

1903-1930.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

6996 maps and profile drawings

Language of material:

English

Accession:

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[Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and the Canadian National Prairie Region] [cartographic material, architectural drawing, technical drawing]

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This sub-series consists of 6996 maps, plans, blueprints and drawings produced and maintained by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway or its subsidiary companies between the years 1903-1930.

The majority (close to 75%) of plans and drawings concern rail-lines from Melville, Saskatchewan (the second terminal) to the Prince Rupert, British Columbia terminus on the Pacific Coast. The plains region, Great-Lakes to Winnipeg, only represents about 11%of the plans, while there are only a handful depicting regions east of the Great Lakes.

The Grand Trunk Pacific Engineering Department was comprised of the Chief Engineer, who administered his office from the Montreal offices of The Grand Trunk, the parent company of The Grand Trunk Pacific. There B.B. Kelliher, later succeeded by H.B. Safford, received the most important maps and plans requiring the highest authorized approval, such as those in the "100" range ("approved maps and plans").
The highest ranking engineer directly associated with The Grand Trunk Pacific was the assistant chief based in Winnipeg, H.A.Woods. Beneath him were two divisional chiefs, one for the prairie and mountain sections respectively.

Maps and plans frequently bear the signature of Guy C. Dunn, "Division Engineer,
Prairie Division, Winnipeg," but curiously those of the Mountain Division refer only
to an "Office of Division Engineer" most often based in Edmonton. While lacking an
individual's signature, they most certainly were created under the auspices of C.C.Van
Arsdol, Divisional Engineer, Mountain Division from 1903-1914.

For further details, please see Guide to the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Cartographic Series.

Finding aid:

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(Electronic) Guide to Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Cartographic Series PDF (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/GTP_Construction_Guide.pdf

(Electronic) Finding aid 30-209 is available as a PDF attached to this record. 30-209 PDF (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/30-209_GTP_Construction_Plans_Series_A.pdf

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General note:

This material is located at Library and Archives Canada's Winnipeg offices.

Related material:

For related material, see the Engineering Department records series in the Grand Trunk Railway Sous-fonds.

See also related material in the Engineering Department, Prairie Region mechanical drawings sub-series within the CN Department of Engineering series.

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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117-040623-7
890624 CA
RG30M 890624
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Date modified:: 2024-07-04