The making of a great Canadian railway ; the story of the search for and discovery of the route, and the construction of the nearly completed Grand Trunk Pacific Railway from the Atlantic to the Pacific, with some account of the hardships and stirring adventures of its constructors in unexplored country (1912)
Talbot, Frederick Arthur Ambrose, 1880- · Toronto, Musson Book Co. · leaf 129
proportions—the whole line for 100 yards or more was thrown intoconfusion. This was one of the unexpected factors whichthe builders were doomed to encounter. Then the engineerhad to ponder deeply. The only thing he could do wasto keep on dumping until the subsidence ceased, butthe great point was… … Building the Battle River Viaduct This is the largest metallic structure between Winnipeg and the Pacific,beingii mileslonebv i8ofeet high in the centre. It crosses the river and the valley of the samename The overhead traveller is seen setting one of the bents or tower-pieces in namposition
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company · Railroad engineering · Pacific railroads
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