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William Andrew Mulcahy fonds
PR-0286 · Fonds · [ca. 1867-1929]

Fonds consists of glass plate negatives of unidentified adults and children (presumably members of the extended Mulcahy family), William Mulcahy during his employment with the B.C. Electric Railway, streetcars, street scenes, and buildings. Also includes a scrapbook of clippings pertaining to the City of Victoria council that belonged to Frank Campbell, a tobacconist.

Mulcahy, William Andrew, 1883-1955
CoV-CR-0217 · Series · 1872-2012
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of correspondence, declarations, petitions, briefs, and certificates relating to Council business that were either orphaned from their original filing systems or retained by the Clerk because they did not fit within the regular series of Council records.

Victoria (B.C.). City Council
CoV-CR-0263 · Series · 1884-1939
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of correspondence, reports, contracts, agreements, tenders, specifications, and resolutions apparently removed by the City Clerk's Office and retained in groupings by topic.

Material pertains to public utilities, transportation, and the B.C. Electric Railway Company (1938-1939); the Victoria and Sidney Railway 1892-1906); and the Songhees Indian Reserve (1884-1906).

Series forms part of earlier City of Victoria Archives' "Series IV, Special Reports and Projects," for which an item list is available.

Victoria (B.C.). City Council
AC1-MAP-0082 · Item · [1893 or 1894]
Part of Miscellanea collection

Shows location of the Victoria and Sidney Railway in and near the City of Victoria and along Elk Lake. Contents: Proposed approach to the City of Victoria by the Victoria and Sidney Railway. Scale [1:4800] -- Victoria & Sidney Ry : plan of proposed divergence from location as submitted on 18th December 1893 : [plan and profile]. Scale [1:480] -- Victoria & Sidney Railway : plan : [along Elk Lake]. Scale [1:4800] -- Victoria & Sidney Railway : profile : [along Elk Lake]. Scale [1:4800]. Vertical scale [1:240].

Robert W. Nunn fonds
PR-0154 · Fonds · [ca. 1898-1925]

Fonds consists of photographs and postcards of streetcars in Greater Victoria.

Nunn, Robert W.
CoV-CR-0283 · Series · 1922-1979
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of a record of railway and navigation traffic using and requiring operation of the Johnson Street Bascule Bridge.

Includes daily information on the time the bridge was raised, for what vessel, and whether it was entering or leaving the Upper Harbour. Also includes the time trains passed over the bridge, their name or a description of them, and whether they were entering or leaving the downtown area. In addition, there are notes on bridge maintenance, weather, and various other matters.

Victoria (B.C.). Engineering Department