Railway Construction (~1908)

Description

Creator: Carl Gustave Linde
Media Type: Image
Item Type: Photographs
Description: Photo showing men and boom removing boulders from a blasted rock cut. The hard rock of the Precambrian Shield posed many problems in the building of a railway in Northwestern Ontario. This area of the railway was Camp 3 of the G. Campbell contract.
Date of Original: ~1908
Subject(s): Construction equipment
Railroad construction & maintenance
Railroads
Transportation
Trans Continental Railway
Precambrian Shield
Local identifier: 47
Donor: Estate of Dorothy Race
Copyright Statement: Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
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