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Dougherty's Cut - CPR construction

Description
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Photographs
Description
This photograph shows the extreme terrain construction crews had to deal with in construction rail lines across Canada. Rock had to be blasted and then hauled out of the way. This photograph also appears in the books 'Building the Railway' by Rosemary Neering, Fitzhenry and Whiteside c1974, and in 'Railways in Canada: the Iron Link' by Keith Wilson, Grolier Ltd. c1982. It can also be found on the CP archives website.

Date of Original
~1885
Subject(s)
Geographic Coverage
  • Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 48.78731 Longitude: -86.95855
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