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Plan Sections and Elevation of a Bridge proposed to be erected at the Chaudière Falls, Ottawa River [graphic material]

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Pièce

Date :

July 20, 1835

Référence :

R3530-0-0-E, Numéro de volume : 1

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Genre de documents :

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Archives / Collections et fonds

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2998614

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Plan Sections and Elevation of a Bridge proposed to be erected at the Chaudière Falls, Ottawa River
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Date(s) :

July 20, 1835

Lieu de création :

Sans lieu, inconnu ou indéterminé

Étendue :

1 drawing / dessin : pen and brown ink with some watercolour on wove paper ; 25.8 x 40.9 cm.
Support 25.800 x 40.900 cm

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Item is a drawing of a proposed bridge at the Chaudiere Falls on the Ottawa River, showing the sections, with key, elevations and water level markings. It is one of other similar known plan drawings, watercolours and prints produced by the artist for the bridges and locks of the Rideau Canal. John Burrows (1789-1848) was a British civil engineer who came to Ottawa in 1819 and worked on the construction of the Rideau Canal from 1826 to 1832. He was first appointed as clerk of the works and then became superintendent supervising construction under Colonel By from 1826-1832.

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Artiste : Burrows, John, 1789-1848

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Burrows, John, 1789-1848 : John Burrows Honey was born May 1. He was the son of Old Christmas Day Honey, J.P., of the parish of Buckland Monochorum near Plymouth, Devonshire, England, and of his wife Elizabeth Burrows. His radical politics made it necessary for him to leave Plymouth ca. 1815 and he settled in Nepean Township, Upper Canada. After a brief return to England, he came back to Canada in 1817 with the immigrants for the Perth Military Settlement and settled first in Nepean Township, Upper Canada, then in Hull Township, Lower Canada, where he became a district surveyor in 1820. In 1826 he obtained employment as a surveyor and draughtsman for the Rideau Canal project under Lieutenant-Colonel By.

It was probably either in 1820 or 1826 that government employment made it expedient for him to drop his unusual Honey surname with its radical political associations. He became successively Overseer of Works and Clerk of Works for the Rideau Canal project, and remained as superintendant upon its completion. Col. By left him in charge of his personal lands when he left Bytown. Honey was the first land holder in what is now the city of Ottawa, and the founder of Methodism in both Hull and Bytown.

He married first Ann Boden of Playmouth (d. 1831), then Maria Elizabeth Blake (ca. 1803-1896), widow of Thomas Hoskin of Cobourg, U.C. He had children by both marriages and his grandchildren included Thomas Arthur Burrows (1857-1929), Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba, 1926-1929, and Elizabeth Armanella Burrows (1862-1925), wife of Sir Clifford Sifton. He died of a stroke on July 27, and was buried in the old Sandy Hill Cemetery. The attendance of some 300 of the students of the Union Sunday Schools, of which he was superintendant, made his funeral the largest so far seen in Bytown. His remains were transferred to the Beechwood Cemetery, New Edinburgh, in 1882.

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Item level description. (Électronique) R3530-1. Mikan database. (90: Ouvert)

Description on word list. (Papier) R3530-1999. Art accession file in the Art Library. (90: Ouvert)

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Note sur la description matérielle :

The drawing is laid down to a secondary support of linen; it has surface dirt and has tears along crease marks.

Historique de la conservation :

Prior to donor's acquisition at the church sale in 1961, history of the work is unknown.

Signatures et inscriptions :

Inscription: Inscribed in pen and brown ink recto, u.l.: N[^o]1. ; t.: Plan Sections & Elevation / of a / Bridge proposed to be erected / at the / Chaudiere Falls / Ottawa River / N.[^os]. 1 to 4 / N[^o]1 ; ... l. [on left rock] ; Rock ; r. [on right rock]: Rock / Island ; below bottom image, c.: Ottawa River ; l.r. [right side below bottom image, signed] John Burrows on / 20/7/35....l.l.: D Bolton Capt / Sen[^r]Roy[^l]Engr / Rideau & Ottawa Canal, / 20 July 1835... (partial)

Groupes de documents reliés :

Library and Archives Canada holds numerous watercolours and drawings by John Burrows in several different collections.
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Bridges

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Architecture
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Volume [R3530]

[Consultation 90 Ouvert]

1 No de pièce attribué par BAC 1

[Consultation 90 Ouvert]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R3530-1
Copyright: Expired

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