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326 |
Erecting pipe masts somewhere, most likely Bird Rocks in the St.
Lawrence. Bowerman was posted there shortly after 1918 to install a radio
communications system. The Rock was to be either spotting or for
radio direction finding on German
U boats coming into the river. |
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Ditto but this time some poor sod has shinnied up to affix a
cable or tighten a nut. |
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328 |
Two lattice radio towers at an unknown location. |
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Jack Bowerman in coveralls. |
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Radio operations and tower at Barrington Passage Wireless, Nova Scotia.
The two towers at this station were 325 foot high self supporting
structures. The station was closed in 1922 and over the years
the place has been cleared. Foundations of the towers are still
there. |
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331 |
Transmitter high voltage room. It looks like the capacitor bank
in the rear and a synchronous spark gap (the spiked wheel) on the
right. As this photo is on the same page as
170 it may be the high tension room for the transmitter. |
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332 |
Barrington Passage Wireless grouping.
Bowerman on the right. The fencing behind the lads is the station's tennis
court. |
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333 |
Two lads at an unknown location. |
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334 |
Bowerman took a separate photo a the black
spaniel. The photo is labeled "Paddy". A black spaniel is seen
welcoming Bowerman to Digby Island on another photo. Perhaps this photo is at Digby. |
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Small image is cropped from a photo on Laval's web site and identified
as Fred Hollis. 335 is Hollis and his wife. |
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336 |
This is Radio Operator Fred Hollis & Wife. He was with
Jack at Digby Island and Point Grey. Fred joined in the 1911-12
period. For some reason Hollis is sitting on a folded Union
Jack. |
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337 |
Couple on the beach. Lots of logs so it must be an exposed
location. |
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338 |
The two 325 foot towers at Barrington Passage Wireless Station,
Nova Scotia. Although the station shared the name with the
local community, it was some 20 miles off to the south west, on an
isolated rise. |
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339 |
The town of Barrington Passage, Nova Scotia. Bowerman operated at the
station here for a period prior to his return to the west coast in
1920. See verifying photo
here. Thanks to Chris for confirming the location. |
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340 |
Department of Marine Lighthouse Tender 'Newington'. Location
isn't noted on the back of the photo, but it looks like the point
at Bamfield. |
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341 |
Unknown building. |
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342 |
A photo looking up one of Barrington Passage's
self supporting antenna towers. |
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343 |
A group of the lads at Barrington Passage Wireless. Jack on the left. This photo grouped with others on
photo 200. Michael Christie in Nova Scotia wrote a book "The
Barrington Passage Wireless Station", published in 2002. Click
here to see a grouping of operators, taken from his book, at
this station during World War 1. Christie advises the staff
changed quite a bit after the War. Station closed in 1922. |
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344 |
Barrington Passage Wireless Station front steps grouping around
the 1918-20 period. Same grouping as
in photo 308 except for the man on the lower left swapping out with
Bowerman to
take another photo. |
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345 |
Transmitter high tension room. Note feed through insulator in
back wall. This is a photo of the Barrington Passage Station's Poulson Arc transmitter. The Poulson Arc permitted the
broadcast of continuous radio waves instead of the pulsed groupings
of waves generated by spark equipment. Poulson Arc equipment
had about a 10 year run before it was eclipsed by vacuum tube transmitters in
the early 1920's. |
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Junkers model F13 G-CADP in the livery of "Railway Employees
Invest. & Ind. Assn. Ltd. Prince Rupert BC".
This aircraft was with the Association from Jan 27/21 to
May 17/22.
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Most likely these three photos were taken in Prince Rupert
during the period mentioned above. |
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The aircraft does have a history. Search the Web for Junkers
and "G-CADP" |
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Edmunds was an operator at Point Grey during the 1920-23 period
when Bowerman was the OIC. He appears in Larry Reid's book
on page 37, and could be in photo
130
as the second man, back row, on the left. |
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Album plate--applicable photos edited off
and appear elsewhere on site. |
