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 328
hich those who are brought into daily contact with ex-plosives regard these devastating agents. He was boundfor Hazelton on one of the contractors river boats, andwhen they called at Port Essington they found a sistercraft laden to the waters edge. Its machinery had brokendown, and as it was urgent… … A DANGEROUS CARGO 279 Evidences of the dangerous cargo were evident, for littletrains of black grains which had made their way throughcracks and crevices in the boxes were scattered around. The disabled vessel was taken in tow, the derelict beingbut a few feet behind the leader. To my friends…
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company · Pacific railroads · Railroad engineering
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