Class of 1930’s 50th Anniversary. Back Row-L to R: Lorne McFarland, John Peter Odin, Gordon Brown, Campbell McNeill, Duncan Wilkie, Stanley Knowles, Robert Clement, Carl Wicklund, Wilbert Stevens, Murray Brooks. Front Row-L to R: Thelma Patterson, Sydney Pechet, Ruth Bingham Alexander, Mary Anne (Mickey) Maltman, Tommy Douglas, Mary Duncan Little, Jean Chase, Louise Peebles Harrison, Laura Shanks (?), Adeline Cameron Roberts
Brandon College Class of 1930’s 50th Anniversary – graduatesBack Row-L to R: Lorne McFarland, Robert Clement, Gordon Brown, Campbell McNeillThird Row-L to R: Duncan Wilkie, Wilbert Stevens, John Peter Odin, Murray BrookSecond Row-L to R: Ruth Bingham Alexander, Louise Peebles Harrison, Thelma Patterson, ?Front Row-L to R: Sydney Pechet, Adeline Cameron Roberts, Tommy Douglas, Mary Duncan Little, Mary Anne (Mickey) Maltman, Stanley Knowles
Dining Room, Brandon College, showing ceiling pattern and layout of tables. People Eating. Top row facing camera: table head: Isabelle Mills, Professor Edward Perry, Resident Master at head of right hand table, his wife Alma Perry to his right facing camera
The 1960s campus expansion necessitated a large, updated heat source so a central steam plant fueled by coal was built north of the campus adjacent to the CPR rail lines on Pacific Avenue. A 25-year agreement was made between the University and John R. Brodie of the Great West Coal Company, which guaranteed BU lower coal prices tendered by the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railways on an annual basis. Brandon College Engineer John Kasiurak officially opened the Heating Plant on 24 January 1962. An extension and/or upgrade of the steam plant appears to have occurred in 1970.
Until the 1990s, heat was piped underground to the campus from the Pacific Avenue Heating Plant but inspection standards were outpacing the maintenance and repairs required to keep the plant operating smoothly. Consequently, a new steam plant was built immediately adjacent to the University to the west of Darrach Hall on 20th Street. This building was essential to handling additional loads from the proposed library expansion. The original steam plant was subsequently sold.
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Photograph shows dignitaries at the opening of Brandon University's steam (heating) plant located at 20th Street and Pacific Avenue beside the railroad tracks. L to R: Bill Fotheringham ?, Wilf McGregor, John Robbins, John Kasurak, ?, E. Murray Simpson (Architect).
