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City of St. Thomas Engineering Department fonds
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- City of St. Thomas Engineering Department fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- graphic material
- multiple media
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1948-2001
- Accession Number
- 2018-26
- Storage Location
- R8 S5 Sh3 B2-5
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- City of St. Thomas Engineering Department fonds
- Creator
- City of St. Thomas Engineering Department
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2018-26
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R8 S5 Sh3 B2-5
- GMD
- graphic material
- multiple media
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1948-2001
- Physical Description
- 2,055 photographs; b&w and col.
- 109 slides, col.
- 1 volume
- 0.7 cm of textual records
- Extent
- 54 cm
- History / Biographical
- The City of St. Thomas was incorporated on March 4, 1881. Early services faced challenges due to the small infrastructure at the time. The City Engineering office was crucial in developing a system of waterworks and sewage treatment that improved the lives of City residents, beginning with a brick sewer down Elgin Street in 1882, and continuing with a bylaw for the creation of a waterworks in 1890. The latter went so smoothly that it was supplying the City with water since January 1891. The City Engineer at the time, James A. Bell, also designed a fire hall around 1882.
The Engineering Department continued to maintain pre-existing sewers and install new ones, branching the sewer system out as the city expanded, including going into the Homedale area. During this time, the City documented the installation or maintenance of pre-existing sewers through photographs, as well as other projects under their jurisdiction.
- Custodial History
- Records were given to the Archives by Aaron VanOorspronk, Senior Technologist with the City of St. Thomas.
- Scope and Content
- The City of St. Thomas Engineering Department fonds consists primarily of photographs, both black and white and in colour, documenting structural defects in sidewalks and sewers, repairs, road widenings and other projects, alongside general documentation of roads, sewers, and buildings in St. Thomas, primarily from the 1940s through the 1970s.
- This fonds consists of three series:
- 1. Events: Documentation, including reports, clippings, and photographs, surrounding large or notable events in which the City Engineer or Engineering Department was involved.
- 2. Photographs: Photographs documenting paving issues, sewer or maintenance work, or other projects done by City Engineering crew, arranged alphabetically by street name. Also includes a handful of miscellaneous images, filed in original order, documenting places, events, or items, such as dog pounds or storm damage.
- 3. Projects: Photographs, slides, and textual documents relating to more recent projects, from the 1970s up until 1998, often documenting the different stages of a large-scale project.
- Name Access
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Engineers
- Municipal Corporations
- Municipal Offices
- Municipal Services
- Public Buildings
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Pilot Club of St. Thomas - Scrapbooks series
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Pilot Club of St. Thomas fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- multiple media
- Date Range
- 1948-1992
- Accession Number
- 2020-01
- Storage Location
- R7 S1 Sh2 B1
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Pilot Club of St. Thomas fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Accession Number
- 2020-01
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R7 S1 Sh2 B1
- GMD
- multiple media
- Date Range
- 1948-1992
- Series
- Pilot Club of St. Thomas fonds - Scrapbooks series
- Physical Description
- 33 cm of textual records
ca. 100 photographs : b&w and col.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of eleven scrapbooks compiled by the Publicity and Outreach Committee of the Pilot Club of St. Thomas. Scrapbooks contain press clippings, photographs, newsletters, programmes and other materials documenting the activities of the Pilot Club of St. Thomas, Pilot Club International District 17 (Ontario), and Pilot Club International during the following periods:
October 1948-May 1952;
1952-1953;
April 1956-March 1957;
April 1958-April 1959;
June 1967-March 1968 (includes photographic negatives);
May 1968-November 1970 (contains press clippings only);
1975-1976 (contains photographs only);
June 1973-May 1976;
May 1976-February 1978;
June 1978-June 1982;
1986-1987
July 1989-February 1992;
October 1948-October 1988 (created to mark the club's 40th anniversary).
Scrapbook for July 1989-February 1992 includes black and white photograph of club members at "Charter Night" meeting, January 5, 1949).
- Name Access
- Pilot Club of St. Thomas
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Women
- Community Service
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