Series 2022.029.0019-27, 0029-58, 0060-65 - Princess Marguerite and Princess Patricia Series

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Princess Marguerite and Princess Patricia Series

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  • Textual record
  • Technical drawing
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2022.029.0019-27, 0029-58, 0060-65

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  • 1949 - 1950 (Creation)
  • unknown (Creation)

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12 technical drawings : annotations, on drafting linen or paper; 107 x 124.5 cm or smaller
2 cm of textual records (18 leaves/booklets ; 46 x 23 cm or smaller)
15 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

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Capital Iron and Metals Company Limited (1934-2022)

Administrative history

The Capital Iron & Metals Co. Ltd. was owned by the Greene family since it was founded in 1934 by Morris Greene, and was later taken over in 1972 by his son Ronald Greene. It used to be a ship-scrapping business and evolved to be a retailer for a number of items like camping and fishing equipment, patio furniture, cookware, tools, antiques, and nautical parts and pieces. From 1934 to 1971 Capital Iron and Metals had dismantled almost 100 ships. After the 2nd World War they started buying military surplus items and machinery parts, and also expanded to goods acquired in government auctions, distress sales and insurance claims. Ron’s daughter and son-in law, Mike Black, are the last owners of Capital Iron until it closed in 2022. Ron restored the façade of the buildings that house the company to their 1890s appearance which was recognized with the 1981 Award of Merit of the Hallmark Society and the 1982 Regional Award of Heritage Canada.

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The Princess Marguerite was a small luxury liner built in 1948 in Scotland by the Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Limited for Canadian Pacific Steamships. She and her sister ship, Princess Patricia, were designed to run the triangle route between Vancouver, Victoria and Seattle during the summer months. She arrived to Victoria April 6th 1949 and entered service April 28. In the early-mid 1970s she went through a conversion at Yarrows Ltd. She was taken out of service in the 1970s, returned to service in the 80s until her retirement in 1989. Although effort was put into keeping Princess Marguerite in Victoria waters she left in 1992.
The items in this series are clearly labeled or were in an envelope that was labelled with other Princess Marguerite items.

The series contains:
5 subseries: Manuals, Ship Plans, Reference Lists, Inspection Photos, Evacuation Photos
1 photograph

0058: 1 photograph ; col.; 9 x 11 cm
This colour fuzzy colour photograph shows a row of cars on the car deck of a ferry. There is a person in the background of the photo. The photo was taken near the stairway up to the passenger decks.

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  • English

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MMBC off-site storage. P49 (38.5.2), 41.1.6.

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No restriction. Replace with: All requests for use must be made through the MMBC Research Request program (http://mmbc.bc.ca/collections/library-and-archives/research/). Please note that fees may apply.

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January 2024

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