File 1.1.3: Crane ➔ [Perry Ross and his North West gas shovel building more railroad]
Item
Identifier:
2020_06_08_03_003
Repository
Cowichan Valley Museum and Archives
Repository Web Site
https://www.cowichanvalleymuseum.bc.ca/
Date
September 1 1936;Date(s) of creation
Extent
1 photograph : b&w
Format
still image
Description
Image of a Perry Ross operating a gas shovel to prepare new railroad grade note. The train is pulling a sled that carries tanks of gas.
Location
British Columbia;Vancouver Island;Sahtlam Land District;Paldi
Notes
Verso of photograph reads: "Perry Ross driving gas shovel to prepare new R/R grade note he hauled the entire tanks of gas on a sled behind the train";Caption in Paldi Remembered reads: "Perry Ross and his North West gas shovel pulling fuel to a new location on skids. The shovel scoop had a capacity of one cubic yard and usually consumed one 45 - gallon drum of gas in an eight hour shift."
Rights Statement
Copyright not evaluated
Subject Headings - Library of Congress
Lumber industry [http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/graphicMaterials/tgm006124];Railroad cars [http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/graphicMaterials/tgm008552];Machinery [http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/graphicMaterials/tgm006154]
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