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 332
smoke, but in so doing it tore out and pulverisedmillions of tons of rocks. When the work was in full swing,the reverberations of the blasts rolled so continuously upthe river during the day that from the distance it soundedas if a terrific bombardment were in progress. It says much for the skill… … The Railway Builders Heavy Artillery The steam shovel i< one of the constructional engineers most usefulweapons. The toothei bucket scrapes up the side of the hill and removesabout three tons of material with every bite.
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company · Railroad engineering · Pacific railroads
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