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 372
the requisite materials, and he had to trans-port them by road to Entwistle, an overland journey ofnearly 80 miles, as the track was not laid. Undeterred bythis outlook he attacked the enterprise, and after he hadexpended §22,000, or £4400, found himself possessed of acommodious, substantial… … Preparing one Shore End of the Clover Bar Bridge Elaborate works are always requi-ite in the preparation of the shore supports of awestern Canadian prairie railway bridge. The foundations have to be carried down toa great depth, owing to the friable nature of the soil. BRIDGES 309 to his dismay,…
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company · Railroad engineering · Pacific railroads
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