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Gelatin silver glass plate negative - Top of no. 8 coffer dam, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1858 | McCord Museum
Dessus du batardeau no 8, pont Victoria, Montréal, QC, 1858
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Dessus du batardeau no 8, pont Victoria, Montréal, QC, 1858

Gelatin silver glass plate negative

Top of no. 8 coffer dam, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1858
Photographer (1826-1891)
Photographer (1882-1919)
SignatureNon signé / Unsigned
Date 1880-1890
Medium / Technique Silver salts on glass
Gelatin dry plate process
Dimensions20.2 x 25.3 cm
Origin Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Object NumberVIEW-7002.0
CollectionMcCord
CreditPurchase, funds graciously donated by Maclean’s magazine, the Maxwell Cummings Family Foundation and Empire-Universal Films Ltd.
Status
Not on view

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Top of no. 8 coffer dam, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1858
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N-0000.193.150.2
Large boulder raised from coffer dam, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1858
Large boulder raised from coffer dam, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1858
William Notman
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VIEW-7570.0
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William Notman
1858
N-0000.193.147.1
No. 11 coffer dam, 24 feet below surface, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1859
William Notman
1971
VIEW-7017.0
Men destroying coffer dam crib, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1859
William Notman
1971
VIEW-7023.0
Men destroying coffer dam crib, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1859
Men destroying coffer dam crib, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1859
William Notman
1859
N-0000.193.96.1
Men destroying coffer dam crib, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1859
Men destroying coffer dam crib, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1859
William Notman
1859
N-0000.193.96.2
No. 11 coffer dam ready to lay foundation stone of last pier, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1859
William Notman
1859/08/12
N-0000.193.102.1
No. 11 coffer dam, 24 feet below surface, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1859
William Notman
1859
N-0000.193.154.1
Men destroying coffer dam crib, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1859
Men destroying coffer dam crib, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1859
William Notman
1859
N-0000.193.96.1-2
Coffer dam in river, Bout de L'Isle, QC, about 1900
Coffer dam in river, Bout de L'Isle, QC, about 1900
Norman Macmillan Hinshelwood
About 1900
MP-1985.31.114
Coffer dam and derrick on barge, Bout de L'Isle, QC, about 1900
Coffer dam and derrick on barge, Bout de L'Isle, QC, about 1900
Norman Macmillan Hinshelwood
About 1900
MP-1985.31.126

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