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Engineering plans approved by the Board of Railway Commissioners [technical drawing; textual record; graphic material]

Niveau hiérarchique :

Sous-série

Date :

1875-1923.

Référence :

R231-3631-6-E, RG30

Genre de documents :

Dessins d'architecture et techniques, Cartes et documents cartographiques, Documents photographiques

Trouvé dans :

Archives / Collections et fonds

No d'identification :

5096997

Contexte de cette notice :

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Canadian National Railway Company fonds

Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada

Engineering Department records

Engineering plans approved by the Board of Railway Commissioners
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Sous-série comprend :

13 description(s) de niveau inférieur
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Date(s) :

1875-1923.

Lieu de création :

Ontario

Étendue :

x maps : blueprints, profile plans.
x architectural drawings: blueprints
x photographs: b&w

Langue du document :

anglais
Acquisition :

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Central registry files [textual record]

Canadian National Railway records [multiple media]
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This sub-series consists of several hundred plans (blueprints) dating from ca. 1875-1923, and created mostly by the Grand Trunk Railway Engineering Department. In some cases, the plans have been created by other railway companies in which the construction affects the Grand Trunk Railway in some way. The plans consist of drawings of sidings, of railway stations, of crossings for various locations in Southern Ontario and Quebec.

While the majority of the plans relate to the period 1910-1923, there are also a number of plans for the period 1875-1910, many created before the board of railway commissioners was established in 1903.

Blueprints created by the Grand Trunk engineering department were documented in their registry system. These blueprints were then submitted for approval by the Canadian Board of Railway Commissioners (BRC), a quasi-independent body set up in 1903 to regulate matters relating to the safe functioning of railroads. They helped determined freight and passenger rates, dealt with safety issues such as accidents and railway crossings, and also any new engineering and construction activities. The board members met on a regular basis to review applications. The BRC itself had a records department, which gave a 5 digit number to each order by the board. There was also a second 2 digit number with an RC in front that kept track in chronological order (each year) to each successful approved order.

The blueprints, in many cases, also have dates of creation stamped on them as well as classification numbers by the Grand Trunk engineering department. These dates and numbers can be matched (in some cases) in a book of registers.

After Grand Trunk was amalgamated with Canadian National Railway Company in 1923, engineering plans went to the Construction section of the Operations and Construction Department of CNR, and later to the Engineering Department.

The blueprints appear to have been collected by Grand Trunk Railway, and were later housed at Toronto's Union Station by Canadian National. These were sent at some point in the 1970s or 1980s to the CN archivist at Montreal headquarters; these were later transferred to the National Archives.

It should be noted that while there are textual records documenting hearings and decisions by the Board of Railway Commissioners in the Canadian Transport Commission fonds (Board of Railways Commissioners Sub-series), there are no actual plans available. The hearings and decisions records are a useful tool to help understand the background to the Grand Trunk blueprints.

Note that there is a photograph of a metal safety flag from 1917, approved by the board in February 1917.

Information additionnelle :

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Groupes de documents reliés :

Please also refer to the series, Cases before board of railway commissioners, 1904-1908, MIKAN 164805 for further information.

Source :

Gouvernement

No de contrôle reliés :

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123-000586-2
1995-96/586 GAD
2018-00250-3
RG30

Ancien no de référence archivistique :

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RG30
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Dessins techniques architecturaux

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Volume [R231]

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15957;

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16036--16045;

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Documents cartographiques

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Volume [R231] 16290

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Volume [R231] 17329

[Consultation 99 Fermé pour fins de traitement]

Documents iconographiques (photo)

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Volume [R231] 17654

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