Current River Disaster (1908)
Description
- Creator
- Lane, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Officials examine the wreckage of a derailed freight train at Current River Park., On-lookers came by electric streetcar, canoe, rowboat and launch to view the destruction caused when the Paquette Dam burst. A westbound freight-train had derailed at Current River Park killing the engineer and brakeman, when the tracks were suddenly washed away.
- Date of Original
- 28 May 1908
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- P678
- Collection
- Thunder Bay Public Library
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 48.4001 Longitude: -89.31683
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- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Contact
- Thunder Bay Public LibraryEmail:research@tbpl.ca
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