Museum / Archive

Elgin County Archives

Part Of

Ken Verrell Collection

Description Level

Item

File Number

R4 S5 Sh2 B2 F3

Accession Number

2016-30

Storage Room

Archives Storage Rm. 107

Storage Location

R4 S5 Sh2 B2 F3 19

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1977

Series

Ken Verrell Collection - Photographs series

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 16 cm

History / Biographical

A.B. Cary (left), director of safety for the Chessie System, presenting the 1977 Best Locomotive Division Safety Award to Elmer Locke, mechanical superintendent of the locomotive division, at the Canadian Headquarters in St. Thomas, Ontario. This image was published in the St. Thomas Times-Journal with the following caption: A.B. Cary (left), director of safety for the Chessie System, travelled from the company's main headquarters in Baltimore, Md., to St. Thomas, yesterday to present the Best Locomotive Division Safety Award to Elmer Locke, mechanical superintendent of the locomotive division, Canadian Headquarters, St. Thomas. Also on hand for the special emeting, were J.J. Cassidy, assistant superintendent of the Cadian Division, J.A.F. Craig, assistant general manager of the locomotive department, Huntington, W. Va., H.L. Webber, locomotive department manager, Grand Rapids, Mich., and M.W. Bergiel, safety co-ordinator, Detroit, Mich."

Name Access

St. Thomas (Ont.)

Chessie System Inc.

Subject Access

Railways

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