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Sir Collingwood Schreiber

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Media Type
Image
Item Type
Photographs
Description
A portrait of Sir Callingwood Schreiber. He was born at Bradwell Lodge near Colchester England. Collingwood Schreiber trained as a civil engineer. He came to Canada and became a field surveyor and administrator in the era of railway expansion. In 1873 he became the chief engineer of government railways. He succeeded Sir Sanford Fleming in 1880 as CPR chief engineer, and spent considerable time in Northwestern Ontario.

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Local identifier
SPL: 1985.9.262
Geographic Coverage
  • Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 48.81252 Longitude: -87.26458
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