Mule Train Wreck on Canadian Pacific Railway
Description
- Creator
- Unknown
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Types
- Negatives
- Photographs
- Description
- Black and white negative of a photograph of the mule train wreck in Whitby in 1916. A dead mule is visible in the foreground. In the background the train cars can be seen sitting perpendicular to the tracks.
- Notes
- On 2 November 1916 a train transporting mules was wrecked at the junction of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Port Whitby and Port Perry Railway due to a switchman's error.
- Date of Original
- 3 November 1916
- Date Of Event
- 2 November 1916
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 3.5cm
Image Height: 2.5cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 14-004-021
- Collection
- Whitby Online Historic Images Collection
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.8878722391666 Longitude: -78.9407157897949
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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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