Mule Train Wreck on the Canadian Pacific Railway
Description
- Creator
- Laura Pellow, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Types
- Photographs
- Negatives
- Description
- Black and white negative of a photograph of a crane which was used for the wreckage of a train on the Canadian Pacific Railway in Whitby. The crane would have been used to remove and/or straighten the cars that had fallen off the rails.
- Notes
- On 2 November 1916, a train loaded with mules bound for Montreal was derailed at the junction of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Port Whitby and Port Perry Railway as a result of an error made by the switchman.
- Date of Original
- 2 November 1916
- Date Of Event
- 2 November 1916
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 6cm
Image Height: 6cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 14-004-009
- Collection
- Whitby Historic Images Collection
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.8877485230498 Longitude: -78.9408874511719
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- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian copyright law. No restrictions on use.
- Recommended Citation
- Whitby Archives
- Reproduction Notes
- Scanned from copy negative.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
Website:
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