Plans are in motion to build a new home for an old artefact important to British Columbia’s history.
Burnaby Village Museum is asking the city for $75,000 to build a new shelter for Old Curly Locomotive, the oldest surviving steam locomotive in British Columbia. That engine was used in the 1880s to build part of the Canada Pacific railway.
The new building is meant to create more protection for the old machine, as well as “more opportunities to interpret the history of the locomotive,” according to a staff report. It would be located outside the main entrance to the museum on Canada Way.
The museum is also asking for $40,000 to create new drainage systems to prevent water from pooling outside the main entrance to the building. It would replace wooden entry doors with metal doors, and build a small roof to prevent dripping when the doors are opened by guests.
Both projects would use capital reserves from Burnaby’s 2018-2022 financial plan.
