Object Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2007.025.1 |
Object Name |
Painting |
Description |
Acrylic on canvas. Black, white, and gold wood frame. Dimensions: 68.6 x 114 cm Painting depicts the Port Coquitlam Shipyard on the Fraser River. The Fraser River and sparse forest can be seen in the background. Materials, buildings, supplies, shipyard labourers, and a ship are illustrated in the painting. Artist signature and date "C CRAIG 06" in BR corner. "Port Coquitlam Shipyard By Colin Craig 2007" written on backing in thick black sharpie. |
Collection |
Paintings |
Condition |
Excellent |
Search Terms |
1914 - 1918 20th century 21st century Steamships Shipyards River Rivers Fraser River World War, 1914-1918 World War 1 World War I Port Coquitlam Port Coquitlam (B.C.) Port Coquitlam B.C. Painting Mary Hill Road Pitt River Road |
Subjects |
World War I Steam Steam Ships Warships Rivers Painting Paintings Acrylic paintings Industry |
Provenance |
Port Coquitlam Shipyard historical context attached to the back of the painting: "On September 11, 1912 a shipbuilder named Shaftner, from Nova Scotia, started Coquitlam Shipbuilding and Marine Railway Company. These first shipbuilding yards were located at the end of Pitt River Road and the present Mary Hill Bypass. This is where the "Coquitlam City" was built and launched. In 1914 Pacific Construction Shipbuilding took over, managed by H.P. Simpson. Between 1914 and 1918, 400 carpenters, shipwrights and metal workers built 5 wooden steam powered ships for the Greek Government. But with the end of the WWI came the end of shipbuilding in Port Coquitlam." |