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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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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. … Layi.ng the Track by Machinery across the Prairie By this wonderful apparatus the sleepers are discharged on the grade in a continuousstream and by means of crowbars, ad^es, and axes are pulled and laid in position.The rails are likewise lifted from the trucks behind and lowered upon the wooden…

Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company · Pacific railroads · Railroad engineering

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