Index of the Onderdonk Albums at the BC Archives (Acc. No. 98401-6)

Album No. 5

Photographs of portions of the Plant of Contractor Andrew Onderdonk used in Building about 400 miles of the Canadian Pacific Ry. British Columbia.

[Pages] Title
(as inscribed in album)
1 Contractor's Locomotive No. 9 'Columbia'
2 Contractor's Locomotive No. 6 'Nicola'
3 Contractor's Locomotive No. 5 'Lytton'
4 Contractor's Locomotive No. 4 'Savona'
5 Contractor's Locomotive No. 3 'New Westminster'
6 Contractor's Locomotive No. 2 'Emory'
7 Contractor's Locomotive No. 1 'Yale'
8 Contractor's (40,000 lbs.) Flat Car #453 built in A.O. Shops, Yale
9 Contractor's 20 ton Box Car #266 built A.O. Shops, Yale
10 Contractor's Cattle Car #260 (Yale Shops)
11 Contractor's Mail Car No. 1 (Yale Shops)
12 Contractor's Car (with Machinery for Hoisting Bridge Material, Yale Shops)
13 Contractor's Tool Car #2 (Yale Shops)
14 Contractor's Locomotive No.8 'Shuswap'
15 Contractor's Locomotive No. 7 'Kamloops'
16 Contractor's Inspection Car (Yale Shops)
17 One of the Contractor's Steam Shovels 'Class A'
18 Contractor's Steam Shovels 'Class B'
19 A.O. Car and Machine Shops, Yale, B.C.
20 Contractor's Engine Houses, Yale
21 A Corner Inside A.O.'s Yale Shops
22 Another Corner Inside A.O.'s Yale Shops
23 A.O. Saw Mill, Texas Lake
24 A.O. Saw Mill below Yale
25 Some of Contractor's Oxen
26 One of Contractor's Logging Trains
27 One of Contractor's 'Centre Plows' for unloading trains
28 A side plow
29 Steamboat 'Skuzzy' built by A.O. (above Spuzzum)
30 One of Contractor's Pile Driving boats for use in Mountain Lakes
31 One of Contractor's Mule Teams
32 Some of Contractor's Bull Teams
33 On the Contractor's Range
34 A few of Contractor's pack Mules, Pack Horses [560 in stock]
35 A.O.'s Office at Yale
36 Contractor's Engineers' House, Yale & Contractor's Chief Doctor's office, Yale
37 Contractor's Store Houses, etc. Spence's Bridge
38 Headquarters of Contractor's Superintendent at Cook's Ferry
39 Yale, A.O.'s headquarters during Construction
40 Houses built for Chinamen in Winter. 1200 such houses in all
41 An Engineer's Camp
42 House for Commissary Bacon at Savona
43 Contractor's Commissary Stores at Savona
44 Contractor's Tool Car #1 with hoist (Yale Shops)
45 Contractor's Private Car 'Eva' (Yale Shops)
46 His Occupation Gone - First man employed by Contractor (Indian), picture taken after railway finished.
47 Return of last men who worked for Contractor Dec. 1885
48 Private Residence of A. Onderdonk at Yale (Built in 5 weeks)

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