Demolition of building on Glover Block with Excavator and Fire-hose Spray.

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Object Description

Object Name

Photograph

Object ID

2020.009.002

Title

Demolition of building on Glover Block with Excavator and Fire-hose Spray.

Date

26 May 2020.

Description

This is a digital colour photograph. It shows a series of buildings along Glover Road from the side. The camera is facing Mary Avenue, with a wooden building being demolished by an excavator in the foreground. On the street to the left there is a man spraying the construction site with a fire-hose. There are trees along Glover Road and behind the buildings in the background. It is an overcast day.

People/Subject

Glover Road

The Langley Trunk Road (sometimes referred to as Trunk Road) was renamed Glover Road following W.W. I after Lieut. F.W. Glover, Langley's first municipal engineer.
See From: Langley Trunk Road, Trunk Road
See Also: streets and roads
Term Source: Roads and Place Names in Langley, B.C., pg. 57 (Pepin)

Waska's Store (Fort Langley)