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Gelatin silver glass plate negative - Large boulder raised from coffer dam, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1858 | McCord Museum
Grosse roche soulevée du batardeau, pont Victoria, Montréal, QC, 1858
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Grosse roche soulevée du batardeau, pont Victoria, Montréal, QC, 1858

Gelatin silver glass plate negative

Large boulder raised from 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-7570.0
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
Top of no. 8 coffer dam, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1858
William Notman
1880-1890
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Raising large boulder, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1859
Raising large boulder, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1859
William Notman
1880-1890
VIEW-7575.0
Coffer dam previous to pumping, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1858
William Notman
1858
N-0000.193.147.1
Top of no. 8 coffer dam, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1858
William Notman
1858
N-0000.193.150.2
The Removal of a Large Boulder during the Construction of the Victoria Bridge
The Removal of a Large Boulder during the Construction of the Victoria Bridge
William Notman
1860
M15934.21
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

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