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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Underwood, Jay, 1958-       by title:      Fleming's army : the...       by call number:      625.100922 U56f     Search the Web     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. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Nonfiction 625.100922 U56f Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Home Delivery - HN Adult Nonfiction 625.100922 U56f Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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