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Westinghouse Canada fonds. Second
accrual. -- 1896-1986. -- 45 cm of textual records and graphic material.
Box 11
Photographs and other material
F.1 Westinghouse Centennial Review. 1886-1986. Illustrated newspaper
celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the founding of the company,
12 pp.
F.2 [ca.1900] ALs from Antonio Scalmino Buher [?] to “Mister Foote”,
Westinghouse, Hamilton, 1 p. Also accompanying letter from Rev. Peter
Ince to “Al” [E.A. Robson?], 28 February 1991, 1 p.
F.3 [c.1896] [Original Westinghouse Property], View of factory with long
grass and railway line[?] in foreground, 24 x 19 cm., mounted on white
cardboard.
F.4 “Original Property, as purchased in October 1896”, view
of factory with trees and grass in foreground, 24 x 19 cm., mounted on
white cardboard.
F.5 [1890s?] [Test Room?], view of large room with wooden floors and brick
walls. Equipment standing on floor and mounted to a wooden column, [ see
F.9 below], 24 x 19 cm., mounted on white cardboard.
F.6 “Machine Shop, South, 1897”, Long view of large room with
windows on each side. Machines are hooked up to pulleys suspended from
the ceiling, 24 x 19 cm., mounted on white cardboard.
F.7 “Tool Room, 1897”, Large room divided into sections. Pulleys
suspended from the ceiling, 24 x 19 cm., mounted on white cardboard.
F.8 “Assembly and Shipping Room, 1897”, Large room with wooden
raftered ceiling and windows on both sides. Various parts stacked in neat
rows on both sides, 24 x 19 cm., mounted on white cardboard.
F.9 “Test Room, 1897”, Spacious room with windows on two sides,
Machine mounted on column in centre, 24 x 19 cm. mounted on white cardboard.
F.10 [1897] [Part of machine shop?], Narrow room with large windows on
one side, Single large machine. 24 x 19 cm., mounted on white cardboard.
F.11 [c.1900?] [Foundry?], 5 workers, some holding tools, Bucket of molten
metal and molds in foreground, Copy. Circular photograph, 27 cm.
F.12 [Early 1900s] 10,000 K.W. Generator with 8 members of staff in the
foreground, Benn Studio, 181, King Street East, Hamilton, 16.5 x 11.5
cm., mounted on black cardboard.
F.13 “Machine Shop, North 1903”, [1897?]. Apparently taken
at same time as F.6 above. View from the other end of the room. 24 x 19
cm., mounted on white cardboard.
F.14 1903. Westinghouse Head Office and Plant. View shows the buildings
with a white picket fence in the foreground and neatly cut grass, 24 x
19 cm., mounted on white cardboard.
F.15 1905. Salesmen’s Meeting. Group photograph, taken inside the
plant, of 12 well-dressed men, 6 in foreground and 6 standing behind.
Original photograph is stamped in the bottom right corner of the mount:
A.M. Cunningham, Hamilton, Ontario. 24 x 19 cm., mounted on beige cardboard.
There is also an early copy of the original on a white cloth backing,
stamped on the back: Cunningham Photograph, Hamilton, Ont., 27.5 x 20
cm., unmounted.
F.16 1906. George Westinghouse. Formal portrait of the founder of the
company, seated in an arm chair. Copy. The original was signed in the
bottom left corner: “Geo. Westinghouse, New York, January 71906”,
18 x 21.5 cm.
F.17 1906. Managers’ Meeting. Group photograph, taken inside the
plant, in front of part of large generator [?], 6 men in foreground and
8 standing behind. Printed identification beneath the picture: Canadian
Westinghouse Company, Limited/ Manager's Meeting, Hamilton, Nov. 5th.,
1906. Stamped in bottom right corner of the mount: A.M. Cunningham, Hamilton,
Ontario. 24 x 19 cm., mounted on beige cardboard.
F.18 1909. Foundry Department. Group photograph, taken inside the plant,
In front of part of large generator [?], 25 men, most in suits and hats,
Picture identified in bottom right of photograph, Stamped in bottom right
corner of mount is: Cunningham, Hamilton. 14 x 10 cm., mounted on grey
cardboard.
F.19 1911.Westinghouse Truck. Truck with open sides, loaded with wooden
crates, Parked beside a loading dock. Copy. 21 x 15.5 cm.
F.20 1912, August 23. Myler Avenue Works -Air Brake Extension. Two long,
narrow photographs which, when placed side by side, form an overlapping
panorama. Shows works with railway track in the foreground and steam train
coming in the distance. Each photograph 28.5 x 9 cm. Also sheet of cardboard
and sheet of milar -from display.
F.21 1916-1918. 3 Photographs, taped together:
1) 1916 Generator, Canadian Copper Co., 5555 KVA, 2400 volts, 3 phase,
25 cycle, 150 RPM.
2) [No date -1916 -1918?] Generator, Laurentide, 18500 KVA.
3) 1918 Generator, 3125 KVA, 23000 volts, 3 phase, 60 cycle. 2 installed
1918. Copies [?]. Each photograph 25 x 20 cm., including white border.
F.22 1917, December 12. Westinghouse former Head Office on Sanford Avenue.
Building with snow on the ground around it. Copy. 28 x 20 cm.
F.23 1919-1920. 3 Photographs, taped together:
1) [Undated] Generator, Southern Canada Power Co.,
2) 1919-920 Kingsbury Bearing for 96000 lb. thrust, at Queenston,
3) [Undated] Shaft for 45000 KVA Generator. Copies[?]. Each photograph
25 x 20 cm., including white border. Same series as F.18 above.
F.24 [1920s?] Fly-Wheel Motor-Generator Set. Photograph shows motor,
pole, fly wheel and exciter, all described in printed caption underneath
photograph. 23.5 x 19 cm., mounted on grey cardboard.
F.25 1922. “Works Staff and one of the Largest Generators in the
World, 45,000 K.V.A. (55,000 H.P.) Capacity Each, weight 700 Tons”.
2 prints of the same photograph, both mounted on grey cardboard with identical
caption beneath the photograph. One photograph and mount has been cropped,
19 x 24 cm.
F.26 [c.1922] 4 photographs taped together.
1) Frame for 45000 KVA Generator, man standing bottom centre.
2) Top bracket for 45000 KVA Generator, man standing on front rim.
3) & 4) Generators for Northern Canada Power Co. All appear to be
copies in the same series as F.18 above. Each photograph 25 x 20 cm.,
including white border.
F.27 1930s. Advertising offprints from the Canadian Geographical Journal,
2 offprints and 1 photograph:
1) Accuracy (headline) . 2 men wearing caps working at machine. Text begins:
Accurate design, accurate manufacture and accurate tests ...
2) Largest Electrical Unit in the World -Made in Canada (headline). Sketch
shows two large generators.
3) Photograph of offprint #2 above. All 16 x 25 cm. [1930s/1940s?] - see
item #1 below
F.28 1931. Air Compressor. Canadian Ingersoll-Rand Class PRE-2 Air Compressor,
installed in the Weston shops of the C.P.R. Co., Winnipeg. 25 x 20 cm.
F.29 1945. [Assembly/Shipping area?], Modern warehouse with parts of machine
housings being assembled, 35 x 27.5 cm.
F.30 1949 -1950. Construction of Sanford Avenue Plant “S”
Building, Green binder containing 48 photographs showing the various stages
of construction, from April 1949 to January 1950. Each photograph 25 x
20.5.
F.31 [19505?]. Photograph showing 2 men in front of set of dials. One,
in uniform and wearing a safety hat, points to a sign requiring safety
hats to be worn in the working area. 25 x 20.5 cm., left corner clipped.
F.32 [1960s?]. 2 Photographs:
1) Gas turbine compressor shaft W-62, man at work beside the machine,
21.5 x 28 cm.
2) view of assembly area[?] from above, 27 x 21 cm. Numbering of photographs
suggests that they are from the same period.
F.33 1980. [Assembly Area?] Photograph of equipment being assembled,
28 x 21.5 cm.
F.34 1982, February. CW-352RMAA Gas Turbine unit, Foothills Pipe Lines
station 392. Colour photograph includes men at work, 25 x 20 cm. Item
#1 There is also a long panoramic photograph [1930s/1940s?] of Westinghouse
workers outside the factory, with two trophy cups in the foreground and
silver coloured fire extinguishers on each end of the first row of men.
This item has been stored in the unit of flat drawers, drawer #17, 80
x 20 cm.
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