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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 334

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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 Bcii.ui;rs Heavy Artillery The steam shovel i-; one of the constructional engineers most usefulweapons. The toothed bucket scrapes up the side of the hill ami removesabout three tons of material with every bite.

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