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Sub-series · 1801-1996
Part of City of Halifax fonds
Sub-series consists of plans, maps and drawings created or accumulated by the City of Halifax Engineering and Works Department. Up until the 1960s, the City Engineer's Office was the central filing area for all maps or plans used by any City department, so there are drawings related to all aspects of the municipality including planning (surveys, expropriations), development control, delivery of services (eg. water supply, transit, waste and sewage disposal, public health), construction of municipal buildings (such as City Hall, Exhibition buildings, City Home), public event planning (royal visits, parades), park development (fountains, pools, bathhouses, recreation facilities), etc. There are architectural plans of private homes and businesses, as well as civic buildings, which were probably submitted to the City for inspection or to plan service delivery. 102-39P
Sub-series · [ca. 1890] -1928, 1949
Part of City of Halifax fonds
Sub-series consists of four scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, and some photographs. The earliest scrapbooks date from 1892-1912 (D.1), 1895-1899 (D.2) and 1913-1928 (D.3) relate to the city's public works, tenders issued and new equipment, but also have clippings related to municipal politics of the day. The one covering the years 1895-1899 has articles on Provincial Exhibition buildings, public works, elections, etc. Another covering the years 1913-1928 covers an assortment of subjects including: elections, Clean-up Weeks, driving regulations, water reservoir, tenders, Roy Building, incineration, and the Board of Control. It also includes photographs of public works such as the Robie St. Boulevard, the Waste Weir on Bayer's Lake, construction of the High Service Reservoir in 1913, properties near the Low Service watershed, the north pipe hous on Chain Lake, the waste weir and measuring weir on Chain Lake, Bayers Brook measuring weirs in 1914, and of Mrs. Hartlant of Spruce Hill Lake, 1914. A scrapbook titled Snow Blower Investigation(102-39D.4) contains newsclippings from the 1949 County Court probe into accusations of bribery between city officials, especially alderman John E. Lloyd and the Cyclone snow-blower agent John A. West. 102-39D (Formerly RG 35-102-39)
Series · 1880-1995
Part of City of Halifax fonds
Series consists of documents created by the Committee on Works and its predecessor bodies, as well as records created and/or maintained and used by the City Engineer's Office. Series includes meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, photographs, maps and plans, and legal agreements. 102-39 (Formerly filed as RG 35-102-39)