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Board of Works records [multiple media]

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Series

Date:

1827-1866

Reference:

R182-46-1-E, RG11-A

Type of material:

Textual material, Architectural and technical drawings, Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

133754

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Department of Public Works fonds

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Series includes:

16 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1827-1866

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Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

25.85 m of textual records
32 maps
85 technical drawings
18 architectural drawings
2 v. (18 leaves) photographic reproductions; (93 leaves) engineering drawings
1 p.

Language of material:

English

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Series consists of records created and/or maintained by the Board of Works. The series includes official correspondence, 1827-1866; registers and indexes, 1831-1860; minutes, letterbooks, and reports, 1839-1863; and records of individual committees, commissions, and projects, 1827-1860., Series also consists of maps, plans and drawings illustrative of various public improvements authorised by the legislature of the Province of Canada and carried into execution by the Chief Architect/Chief Engineer of the Provincial Board of Works.

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Canada. Board of Works

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Canada. Board of Works : The Board of Works was established provisionally in Lower Canada by an Ordinance of the Special Council in 1839. The Board, which had five members, had authority to supervise projects and to make recommendations on public works, but had no power to authorize expenditures without the approval of the Governor (Lower Canada, Ordinances, 2 Vict. Chap. 64). In 1840, the action of the Special Council in creating the Board of Works was ratified and the Board was made a permanent body in Lower Canada (Lower Canada, Ordinances, 4 Vict. Chap. 38). The Board of Works was established for United Canada in 1841 (4-5 Vict. Chap. 38).

The Board was substantially reorganized in 1846; provision was made for the appointment of a Chief Commissioner and an Assistant Commissioner. The Commissioners were given the power to enter into contracts on behalf of the province, but could not spend funds on any work which had not been previously sanctioned by the Legislature. They were also given control over the construction and maintenance of canals, roads, bridges, timber slides, public works, and buildings (9 Vict. Chap. 37).

The Department of Public Works was established in 1859, headed by a Commissioner and a Deputy Commissioner. The new Act was essentially a consolidation of earlier legislation (22 Vict. Chap. 3). An Act respecting the Public Works of Canada was passed on 21 December 1867, establishing the federal Department of Public Works. The federal department continued the administration of public works which had been under the charge of the Commissioner of Public Works of the United Provinces of Canada, and assumed responsibility of public works in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick (3l Vict. Chap. 12, s. 10). RG11 General Inventory

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Source:

Government

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RG11-A
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