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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 340

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ed, however, as the graderuns between the southern bank of the Bulkley River andthe mountain range, three miles distant from Hazelton,until it enters the Bulkley Valley. Though the Bulkley Riverfollows a sinuous course, the location has been carried outin such a way that bridging of this waterway… … The Bulkley River Gorge The railway skirts the south bank of this river, keeping to the top of the rocky cliffs, which dropsheer into the water for 80 to 100 feet. In the foreground is the wonderful Indian cantilever bridgebuilt of tree-logs lashed together with willow thongs and wire. BEAUTIFUL…

Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company · Railroad engineering · Pacific railroads

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