The making of a great Canadian railway; the story of the search for and discovery of the search for and discovery of the route, and the constru ction 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- · London : Seeley, Service & co. limited · leaf 148
being 67 feet By the time this structure was completed it was com-puted that some 38,500 tons of steel would have beenused, at a cost of $3,000,000, or £600,000, while thetotal cost of the undertaking was estimated to be from$6,000,000 to $7,000,000—from £1,200,000 to £1,400,000.Yet it was agreed… … The Quebec Bridge Before the Accident This structure spanning the St. Lawrence was to be the largest cantilever bridge inthe world, with a main span of iSoo feet, and the rails 150 feet above the water. SomeSoo feet of the main span had been constructed when the whole fabric collapsed.
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company · Pacific railroads · Railroad engineering
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