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Underwood, Jay, 1958-
Subjects
Fleming, Sandford, Sir, 1827-1915.
Intercolonial Railway (Canada) -- History.
Railroad engineers -- Canada -- Biography.
Railroad engineering -- Canada -- History -- 19th century.
Railroads -- Nova Scotia -- Design and contruction -- History.
Railroads -- Canada, Eastern -- History -- 19th century.
Transportation -- Nova Scotia -- History.
Nova Scotia -- History -- 1867-1918.
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Underwood, Jay, 1958-
Fleming, Sandford, Sir, 1827-1915.
Intercolonial Railway (Canada) -- History.
Railroad engineers -- Canada -- Biography.
Railroad engineering -- Canada -- History -- 19th century.
Railroads -- Nova Scotia -- Design and contruction -- History.
Railroads -- Canada, Eastern -- History -- 19th century.
Transportation -- Nova Scotia -- History.
Nova Scotia -- History -- 1867-1918.
MARC Display
Fleming
's
army
: the
civil
engineers
who
built
Canada'
s
Intercolonial
Railway
:
biographies
of
masterminds
,
rogues
,
poseurs
and
luckless
adventurers
/ Jay Underwood.
by
Underwood, Jay, 1958-
Railfare DC Books, 2011.
Call #:
625.100922 U56f
Subjects
Fleming
, Sandford, Sir, 1827-1915.
Intercolonial
Railway
(
Canada
) -- History.
Railroad
engineers
--
Canada
-- Biography.
Railroad engineering --
Canada
-- History -- 19th century.
Railroads -- Nova Scotia -- Design and contruction -- History.
Railroads --
Canada
, Eastern -- History -- 19th century.
Transportation -- Nova Scotia -- History.
Nova Scotia -- History -- 1867-1918.
ISBN:
9781897190715 (pbk.)
1897190719 (pbk.)
9781897190722 (hc.)
1897190727 (hc.)
Description:
224 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Some copies are permabound.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
The mid-1800s, when railways were viewed as making (or breaking) a community -- 'making' if the
railway
came to 'our' town, or hamlet, or even passed near our field -- 'breaking' if it did not, for our community would surely suffer, wither, maybe even die if passed by. Railways were in their infancy, and it was expected that the
railway
would bring prosperity to its developers, cash to its contractors, fame (and re-election) to its politicians -- and perhaps a little, or lots, of silver into the palms of those
who
supported the railway'
s
establishment, rights-of-way choices, and it
civil
engineers
. Conventional history has long attributed the success of Canada'
s
first national
railway
to the genius of chief engineer, Sandford
Fleming
, when he was in fact assisted by a veritable
army
of
engineers
, several of whom were equally qualified to hold his post. The
Intercolonial
Railway
of
Canada
operated from 1872 to 1918, when it became part of Canadian National Railways. This book provides
biographies
of many of the
engineers
who
worked on the
Intercolonial
Railway
, from 1864 to the completion of the line in 1876. The building of the
Intercolonial
Railway
opened the opportunity for all kinds of excitement, greasing of palms, and outright fraud involving those
who
paid the bills to those
who
did (and often didn't) do overseeing of the construction work. Once completed, the
Intercolonial
Railway
became a vital transit corridor, carrying thousands of people and tons of merchandise, with ICR eventually becoming one of the key components of Canadian National Railways.
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