The new trunk sewer line was to connect with the Rat Creek Tunnel Sewer at the intersection of Fox Street (89th Street) and Rat Creek (112 Ave.) - approximately at the north end of today's Commonwealth Stadium where it runs south and discharge into the NSR. 📷 • 1912 Rat Creek Tunnel Sewer

August 10, 1912 • Edmonton's Trunk Sewer The Edmonton Journal reports on another major public project - the city's trunk sewer system - a $180K project that consisted of a 1/2 mile of 10.5' dia. concrete sewer lines up to 110' below the surface. See ALT for more information. 📷 • Glenbow Archives

Later owned by the provincial government, both houses were tendered for demolition with a deadline to complete its removal by Oct. 16, 1967. The sites were cleared to make way for the University's brutalist Law Centre, which currently occupies the entire site. Google Reference Map: (North ▲)

More on the Pearce Residences that appear in the previous photo & their list of owners during their existence. Built on 2 large properties made up of 4 residential lots each for brothers Lewis & Nelson Pearce, who formed The Canadian Investment Co. (1910)

August 7, 1923 • Northwestern Utilities Photo taken over a century ago in Garneau in front of the Pearce Residence (formerly at 8820-111 Street - NW corner of this intersection). Northwestern Utilities Ltd. used this company vehicle to install gas services throughout the city. 🧵 📷 Glenbow Archives

"Fort Rae II" was the first of two schooners built in 1923 by the Alberta Motor Boat Co., on the north bank of the North Saskatchewan River. Its next commission was "Lac du Brochet" ↓, which set sail in June 1924. 📷 Glenbow Archives

Commissioned by HBCo, "Fort Rae II" was destined for use on Great Slave Lake. Capable of carrying ten tons of cargo, the auxilary schooner was decked like an ocean liner according to the Edmonton Journal. (This view looking SE near the Low Level Bridge) 📷 Glenbow Archives

Augus 7, 1923 • "Fort Rae II" OTD the 40' schooner, built by Alberta Motor Boat Co., was shipped via the Alberta & Great Waterways Railway, becoming the latest addition to HBCo.'s North-West Territories fleet. (Taken near Low Level Bridge w/ Hotel Macdonald visible back-left)🧵 📷 Glenbow Archives

Photo Detail: DYK Imperial Oil's 3 Star gasoline brand was the origin of the naming of the three stars at NHL hockey games? It started entirely as a corporate marketing gimmick but eventually evolved into an official, deep-seated hockey tradition first introduced during the 1936–37 NHL season. (ALT)

Photo Detail: The Lockheed 5C Vega "Winnie Mae", the airplane flown twice (1931 and 1933) around the world by Wiley Post, is on display at the National Air and Space Museum. "Edmonton, Canada" is one of 15 cities listed on the fuselage (right) from the first 'around-the-world' flight.

July 22, 1933 • Wiley Post OTD for the 2nd time in two years after his history making 'around-the-world' record flight, the American aviation pioneer refuels in Edmonton as spectators greet him at Blatchford Field. Post becomes 1st person to circle the earth twice.🧵 📷 Provincial Archives (BL137.1)

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July 1, 1920 • ERR Observation Streetcar OTD Edmonton's Radial Railway Observation Streetcar was introduced to tourists & sight seekers. It was launched for summer service beginning on Dominion Day over a century ago. 📷 View looking east at 97 Avenue & 109 Street with Legislature the background

In 1911 Alexander Livingstone had big plans for an elaborate 3 storey building to replace the current wood frame structure. However, prior to its completion (1914), Livingstone decided to close the business & sell the building to the Great West Garment Co. Ltd. Note the similarities. 📰 1911 📷 1914

This house located in Westmount was briefly owned by Walter Cairns in 1912. By 1913 it was owned by Alex Livingstone, Manager for Caledonian Department Store. 📰 Dec7, 1911 (Vintage Edmonton) 📷 Google Street View

The Caledonian (right) would eventually become site of the Great West Garment (GWG) Factory building, still located at 10305-97 Street. 📷 ca. 1910 view looking north along former Namayo Ave. (97 Street).

1913 • East End Park Originally established as East End City Park in 1906, it officially became known as 'Borden Park' in 1914. In this scene, children wading in the park's original pool reflect the formal, structured styles of the Edwardian era, even while playing in the water. 📷 (CoE Archives)

Edmonton streets were a mix of dirt roads, expanding streetcar tracks, horse-drawn carriages, & early automobiles. This ca. 1910 postcard image looking east at Victoria (100th) Ave. & 9St. (109th) illustrates traditional street design standards such as sidewalks, boulevards & street-tree planting.

The Edmonton Commercial Grads are still the better basketball team in terms of historical dominance & winning percentage (502-20) 📷 • Sep1, 1924 (World champs, Edmonton Grads photographed during a triumphant welcome parade at Jasper Ave & 99 st.

But on that day in 1939, the peculiar diagonal avenue became indispensably useful in accommodating bleachers along its edges and creating the perfect setting for well wishers and monarch enthusiasts to witness the notable historical event. 📷 Provincial Archives

In 1912 it was believed Portage would become a central artery of a thickly settled residential & business district. The city laid streetcar tracks on the avenue. Then the boom collapsed. The sides of the aveue remained unsettled & no streetcar had ever traveled on it. 📷 1912 Glenbow Archives

Prior to 1939 it was said to be the longest paved street on the North American continent without a house or building of any kind facing it on either side. Portage Ave was almost 100' wide & ran diagonally from 101st to 121st. (the full width of the Hudson's Bay reserve). 📷 1912 Glenbow Archives

It remains one of the only major roads in Edmonton without a directional suffix (i.e. Avenue or Street). Bleachers were built for 60,000+ lining both sides of the 2 mile thoroughfare to eagerly welcome the visiting royals. The population of Edmonton at the time was 90,000. 📷 Provincial Archives

June 2, 1939 • Kingsway Since 1912 it was called Portage Avenue, but on OTD it was renamed "Kingsway" to commemorate the royal visit of King George VI & Queen Elizabeth. The idea came by way of a Journal Editorial after the Royal Tour of Canada began on May 17, 1939. 🧵 📷 • Provincial Archives

Interestingly, the Coronation occurred exactly 14 years after the visit of Queen Elizabeth II’s parents, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, to Edmonton on June 2, 1939. That 1939 event marked the first time a reigning monarch had visited our city. 📷 • Provincial Archives (A9045)

June 1, 1926 • Edmonton Grads Today marks the 100th anniversary of this photo taken OTD at the Edmonton Arena, before the start of a 2-game series between the Edmonton Grads & the highly respected Curlee Clothiers from St. Louis. Grads win 19-14 & 24-8. See ALT for more... 📷 Glenbow Archives

The main grand stand and bleachers were located west of the former Edmonton Brewing & Malting Co. and just north of today's Diamond Park. 📍 Location Map

Campbell & Ottewell's 'City Flour Mills grain elevator (built 1899) in the background was located on 100th Street and 98th Avenue . 📷 Glenbow Archives

May 30, 1907 • Diamond Park The first baseball game was played OTD at the new Diamond Park in Ross Flats. 1000 spectators watched the Edmonton Capitals defeat the Calgary Broncos 9-8 on a cold (0°c) May evening. 🧵 📷 1913 Baseball action at Diamond Park (Glenbow Archives) See ALT for more info.

This would become the Westin Hotel, which replaced Edmonton's first major standalone downtown Post Office (1910~1972) 📷 Post Office Oct6 1971 looking south along 100th Street. Just prior to its demolition. Provincial Archives (A1151)