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      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 crushed rock that had been dynamited, to provide a solid base for the line of track on the …

      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. This photo was taken by Gustave Linde during the construction of the Trans Continental Railway, …

      A group of workers on the Trans Continental Railway take a short break to pose for a photo by a pallet of crushed rock. This photo was taken during the construction of the Trans Continental Railway near Kenora, in Northwestern Ontario. ~1900.

      Thunder Bay, Ontario, transportation, railways, railroads, work gang, McArthur, tracks, construction

      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.

      This photo by Linde shows the heavy work involved in removing a rock cut for the construction of the Trans Continental Railway in the area of Rat Portage(Kenora), in Northwestern Ontario. Jachetta was the contractor or foreman for this section of the railway line.

      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. 'Chambers, Mc&Mc' were the foreman and contractors on this section of the construction of the railway tracks.

      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.

      Description taken from back of photo-author unknown.

      The steam locomotive in this Linde photo, was probably used to push materials in the construction of the Trans Continental Railway in Northwestern Ontario.

      Alternate views taken, but not scanned. IHC catalogue number: 2507, 2509, & 2510.

      IHC catalogue number: 2514

      To bridge the gap between rivers, or to create a solid road bed for the rail, a great amount of ballast was required in preparation for the tracks for the TransContinental Railway. At times, the 'track layers' were only ten miles behind the bridge makers on the line.

      The equipment in this photo belonged to W.H. Marr Limited. IHC catalogue number: 2521. Alternate view taken, but not scanned. IHC catalogue number: 2514.

      Workers and horses pose for a photo during the clearing of a rock cut near Kenora, Ontario during the early 1900s.

      A group of workers pose for a photo while working on the Trans Continental Railway tracks near Kenora (Rat Portage), Ontario. According to the McDonald papers, 12 000 men and 5000 horses were employed in the construction in this area. The cost was $12 million, of which 10% was spent …