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    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 app

    Group standing in front of mining camp on Mosher claims. Left to right: Carlson, Murdock Mosher, Ed Nelson, Miss Maud (Amanda) Gascon, Pete Gascon (cook). Murdock and Alex Mosher made discoveries in

    A Linde photo of the TransContinental Railway wooden trestle, contracted out to Anderson and Johnson in the early 1900's, near Kenora, Ontario. In most cases, the wooden trestles were filled in with

    The Marion Steam Shovel loads crushed rock into boxcars, for transport to another area on the railway line. The rocks were used to build solid foundations in the areas that were sinking due to muskeg

    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

    Black and white photo of a 'Bucyrus' steam shovel used to prepare the roadbed for the laying of the tracks for the TransContinental Railway near Kenora, Ontario.

    The 'Marion Model #20' steam shovel was one of the state of the art pieces of equipment used in the construction of the TransContinental Railway in Northwestern Ontario in the early 1900's.

    A Carl Gustave Linde photo showing hand made booms used to lift the blasted rock onto pallets, for removal to another area, in the construction of the TransContinental railway during the early 1900's

    A Carl Gustave Linde photo of the rail gang working on the Anderson and Johnson contract on a section of the Trans Continental Railway near Kenora, Ontario, during the early 1900's.

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