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Track Section

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Date: 1883

Material: metal; wood; plastic; fibre

Catalogue Number: 105.02.1021

Description: Short length of railway track mounted on wood base. The length of track (81.5) is mounted on a brown, finished, wooden base with a flat, black, plastic plaque in front, "A section of the original Canadian Pacific Transcontinental main line rail of 1883". Track has been sliced off at each end and se…

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Title: Track Section

Date: 1883

Material: metal; wood; plastic; fibre

Dimensions: 81.5 cm

Description: Short length of railway track mounted on wood base. The length of track (81.5) is mounted on a brown, finished, wooden base with a flat, black, plastic plaque in front, "A section of the original Canadian Pacific Transcontinental main line rail of 1883". Track has been sliced off at each end and securely mounted. Cast into side of rail is"CPR.Steel.Krupp.1883.". Rail has been cleaned but shows definite signs of usewith heavy gouge lines along one edge of top and pitting on the sides, theboard is lined with green felt underneath.

Subject: CPR; Canadian Pacific Railwaod; railroad; centennail

Credit: Gift of Canadian Pacific Hotels, Calgary, 1983

Catalogue Number: 105.02.1021

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Drift Bolt

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Date: 1880 – 1925

Material: wood; metal

Catalogue Number: 101.04.1001

Description: From Rogers Pass, bent bolt in piece of wood, splintering, large segment of support timber with rusting 1.8 cm diameter bent iron rod in drilled hole, one end sawed off, other broken.

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Title: Drift Bolt

Date: 1880 – 1925

Material: wood; metal

Dimensions: 9.0 x 42.5 x 42.5 cm

Description: From Rogers Pass, bent bolt in piece of wood, splintering, large segment of support timber with rusting 1.8 cm diameter bent iron rod in drilled hole, one end sawed off, other broken.

Subject: CPR; Canadian Pacific Railway

Credit: Gift of Rhoda Rouse, Calgary, 1967

Catalogue Number: 101.04.1001

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Water Barrel

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Date: 1880 – 1940

Material: wood; metal

Catalogue Number: 110.01.1072

Description: The barrel is made of wooden staves held together by six metal hoops, stands straight upright, has two metal handles and a 10 cm circular hole in the top. Branded on one side “CPR”. Does not include lid top .

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Title: Water Barrel

Date: 1880 – 1940

Material: wood; metal

Dimensions: 45.0 x 31.0 cm

Description: The barrel is made of wooden staves held together by six metal hoops, stands straight upright, has two metal handles and a 10 cm circular hole in the top. Branded on one side “CPR”. Does not include lid top .

Subject: CPR; water barrel; Silver City; Banff; Castle Mountain; barrel; water-barrel bay; trestle; bridge

Credit: Gift of Donna Spear, Chase, 2017

Catalogue Number: 110.01.1072

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Transit

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Date: 1875 – 1925

Material: brass; glass; wood; skin; fibre

Catalogue Number: 104.44.0007 a-d

Description: An old, surveyor’s transit which breaks down into four parts and stores into shaped depressions in blue velvet lined, kidney shaped, black leather over wood case. (a) telescope, long black and brass tube with eyepiece at one end and lens at the other. Brass leveling bubble mounted on underside nea…

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Title: Transit

Date: 1875 – 1925

Material: brass; glass; wood; skin; fibre

Description: An old, surveyor’s transit which breaks down into four parts and stores into shaped depressions in blue velvet lined, kidney shaped, black leather over wood case. (a) telescope, long black and brass tube with eyepiece at one end and lens at the other. Brass leveling bubble mounted on underside near eyepiece. Sits on a clamp with various brass thumb screws attached to springs for adjusting horizontally and vertically, ending in a sixty degree arc vernier scale horizontal to telescope. (b) stop, small ring with tightening thumbscrew and long arm tangent to ring with set screws at ends to stop telescope within 90 degree quadrant. (c) horizontal plate, circular brass disk marked off around perimeter into 360 degrees and numbered every tenth degree from 1-36 around. (d) pivot pin, turned brass pin with grips, stops, and threads to screw whole transit together and mount on tripod. Marks: patent no.; manufacturer.

Subject: exploration; surveying; CPR; Dan White

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 104.44.0007 a-d

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Railroad Spike

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Date: 1883 – 1887

Material: metal

Catalogue Number: 106.08.1001 a-f

Description: Old, rusty railroad spikes from Roger's Pass. (a-c) 25.1x2.5, long, flat point, flattened round head (d) 15.1x3.8, thick, pointed, head protrudes to one side, domed (e) 10.0x2.9, short, flat point, head protrudes to one side, flat (f) 20.5x2.0, long, narrow, flat point, pounded dome head.

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Title: Railroad Spike

Date: 1883 – 1887

Material: metal

Description: Old, rusty railroad spikes from Roger's Pass. (a-c) 25.1x2.5, long, flat point, flattened round head (d) 15.1x3.8, thick, pointed, head protrudes to one side, domed (e) 10.0x2.9, short, flat point, head protrudes to one side, flat (f) 20.5x2.0, long, narrow, flat point, pounded dome head.

Subject: transportation; CPR; Roger's Pass; Canadian Pacific Railway; railroad

Credit: Gift of Rhoda Rouse, Calgary, 1967

Catalogue Number: 106.08.1001 a-f

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Railroad Spike

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Date: 1884 – 1887

Material: metal

Catalogue Number: 106.08.1002

Description: Long, rusted, flat pointed railroad spike, pounded dome head.

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Title: Railroad Spike

Date: 1884 – 1887

Material: metal

Dimensions: 25.1 cm

Description: Long, rusted, flat pointed railroad spike, pounded dome head.

Subject: CPR; transportation; railroad; Canadian Pacific Railway

Credit: Gift of A. Scovil Murray, Calgary, 1975

Catalogue Number: 106.08.1002

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Hector Lake, Kicking Horse Pass, BC

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Date: 1887

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: BeS.05.07

Description: Mountain landscape with large glassy lake in centre of painting. Abstract foliage and stand of dead trees in foreground at right. Brown treed slopes on opposite shore with large snow-capped mountains in distance. Small white and red buildings on far shore of lake. Title written in bottom left corne…

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Title: Hector Lake, Kicking Horse Pass, BC

Date: 1887

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 32.8 x 48.0 cm

Description: Mountain landscape with large glassy lake in centre of painting. Abstract foliage and stand of dead trees in foreground at right. Brown treed slopes on opposite shore with large snow-capped mountains in distance. Small white and red buildings on far shore of lake. Title written in bottom left corner. “F.M. Bell-Smith 1887” at bottom right.

Subject: mountains; lake; CPR

Credit: Gift of Mark Cullen, 2021

Catalogue Number: BeS.05.07

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Mount Lefroy N.W.T.

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Artist: Marmaduke Matthews (1837 – 1913, British)

Date: c. 1888

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: MaM.05.01

Description: Left foreground evergreen trees on a slope, right foreground from centre left to tr mountain slope with some evergreen trees and burnt out forest. The snow capped mountain is centre right to near top of picture. Mountain range to left. Sky is partly cloudy, streaked with colour. On back in art…

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Artist: Marmaduke Matthews (1837 – 1913, British)

Title: Mount Lefroy N.W.T.

Date: c. 1888

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 15.7 x 35.0 cm

Description: Left foreground evergreen trees on a slope, right foreground from centre left to tr mountain slope with some evergreen trees and burnt out forest. The snow capped mountain is centre right to near top of picture. Mountain range to left. Sky is partly cloudy, streaked with colour. On back in artist's hand: Mt. Lefroy N.W.T. Highest Peak on the C.P.R. line near Abbott Pass, more than 11,000 feet high. Also Twice One fifth less than twice

Subject: Canadian Rockies; Mount Lefroy; CPR

Credit: Gift of Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 1995

Catalogue Number: MaM.05.01

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Kicking Horse Lake Looking East, Hector on the Canadian Pacific Railway

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Artist: William Notman (1826 – 1891)

Date: 1887

Medium: photographic print on paper

Catalogue Number: NoW.18.01

Description: Mountain landscape with large lake dominating the centre. A small white building and storage tank [possibly a refueling station] can be seen on the far side of the lake. Train tracks run the width of foreground and seated figure [known to be Fredrick M. Bell-Smith] at easel in bottom right corner. …

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Artist: William Notman (1826 – 1891)

Title: Kicking Horse Lake Looking East, Hector on the Canadian Pacific Railway

Date: 1887

Medium: photographic print on paper

Dimensions: 22.6 x 27.8 cm

Description: Mountain landscape with large lake dominating the centre. A small white building and storage tank [possibly a refueling station] can be seen on the far side of the lake. Train tracks run the width of foreground and seated figure [known to be Fredrick M. Bell-Smith] at easel in bottom right corner. Title typed in bottom left corner. Manufacturer’s mark “WM. NOTMAN & SON, MONTREAL” typed in bottom right.