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Grand Trunk Railway Construction of the Grand Trunk Railway,
Ontario, during the 1850s, when rail construction spread rapidly reflecting the growing trade and
capital. ID #20347 |
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Suspension Bridge Early photo of the Niagara Falls suspension
bridge, first built in 1848 and rebuilt in 1855 when it was opened to rail traffic. ID #20345 |
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The Toronto The first Ontario-made steam locomotive, the
Toronto, built for the new Northern Railway at Thomas Good's Toronto foundry,
1852. ID #20605 |
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Railway Map Railway map of Canada West, 1857. ID #20241 |
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The Scotia The Scotia was the first Canadian locomotive with a
steel boiler, built at the Great Western Railway shops in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1861, as it
appeared on a Canadian stamp. ID #21703 |
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Railway Building Building a culvert under the Intercolonial
Railway, Black River, Nova Scotia, 1871. ID #21853 |
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Canadian Pacific Canadian Pacific rail trestle, Northern Ontario,
late 19th century. ID #20467 |
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Devil's Elbow Devil's Elbow in Northern Railway, c. 1880, in
Morrison Township, Muskoka, Ontario. ID #21938 |
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