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    James Murphy began his career at the head of the lakes in 1883, working as a coal handling contractor for the Dominion Coal Company. By 1903 he had started his own coal handling company, which became

    Also P3591

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    CPR elevators B and C in early Fort William, around 1903. Elevator B was designed and built in 1889 by W.J. Ross, and Elevator C was built in 1890 by J.A. Jameson., Elevators B and C were quickly bui

    A closeup photo of one of the first electric streetcars showing the open sides, roof, and the wooden benches. Most photographs show enclosed cars., Electric street cars first began running in Port Ar

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    Port Arthur's first permanent post office, built in 1892. It was located at the corner of Court Street and Red River Road (then called Arthur Street)., The site for the post office was hotly debated.

    reproduction of photo in photograph collection

    A photograph of Fort William Central School, as it appeared around 1903. It was built on Miles street in 1894. The students, dressed in their best, pose in front of the school. At the far right, in f

    Two young boys dressed in their very best. For boys in the early 1900's, velvet suits with short knee pants were very popular. Shirts were sometimes silk, with very large collars and cuffs, trimmed w

    A crowd of people enjoying the wintry weather by sliding down Hebert St. hill on toboggans, ca 1900.; 4.3'wide x 3.1'high b&w photo

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    Quite a romantic view of our past. A sleigh ride along Cumberland St. in Port Arthur around the turn of the century. The large building on the corner is the Canadian Bank of Commerce, also the Algoma

    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 Da

    This grand looking building with curved verandas and turrets was once on the corner of Dawson Street and Algoma Street, where the Dawson Apartments are today. On the day of the grand opening, the 96t

    Views of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and north shore Lake Superior scenery. The steamship Athabasca is docked at Prince Arthur's Landing, Port Arthur, Ontario around 1900. There is a Canadian Pacif

    Clearing away the debris from the May 28, 1908 Current River Disaster.

    George Murdock McLeod and his faithful dog Brownie, take to the rails on a railbike (velocipede), somewhere along the Pee-Dee (Port Arthur Duluth & Western Railway).

    A before and after view of the steamship SS Monarch. She was shipwrecked on Dec. 7, 1906 on Isle Royale, MN.

    Early 1900 black and white photo, showing men clearing away crushed rock to make way for track construction on the Trans Continental Railway near Rat Portage(Kenora) area of construction in Northwest