Lions Gate Bridge, Vancouver
MS. Eng. c. 7360/2
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Lions Gate Bridge, Vancouver
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. c. 7360/2
Summary
A souvenir booklet about the construction of the Lions Gate Bridge, Vancouver, Canada (49 pages). Also includes correspondence and papers (fols. 1-25) relating to the construction of the bridge, charitably funded via the First Narrows Bridge Company, which was chaired by Francis Hopwood. The correspondence mainly concerns (fols. 2-13, 17, 21) the donation of a fountain by John D. Rockefeller Jr.
25 leaves and 49 pages.
Date
1934-1939
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box
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Collection contents
Archive of Francis John Stephens Hopwood, Baron Southborough
Personal Papers
Private Business and Committee Papers
Lions Gate Bridge, Vancouver
