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Mail car, Ottawa Electric Street Railway Company

Hierarchical level:

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Date:

1894

Reference:

R5500-915-0-E, Box number: 171

Item no. (creator):

14858

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3191695

Context of this record:

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Andrew Audubon Merrilees fonds

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A.E. Young marine collection and other photographs of North American railways

Photographs of events, industrial activities, locomotives, rolling stock, marine and aeronautical activities

Mail car, Ottawa Electric Street Railway Company
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1894

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Place:

Ottawa, Ont.,

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

1 photograph ; 103 x 127 mm
Negative Film B/W - safety film

Language of material:

English

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This is a view of an Ottawa Electric Company Mail Car travelling on Sparks Street near the former Customs and Post Office building. In 1891, November 1 - trolley mail cars started operating in Ottawa. . An Order in Council passed authorizing a contract between the Post Office department and the OER for the conveyance of mails between the city post office and the railway stations. The OER agreed to construct a siding from Sparks Street to the post office door and three special mail cars were to be built so that the mail bags could be slid without handling from the electric cars into the post office or the railway mail cars. Full mail service commenced 9 Nov 1893 to convey Her Majsety's mails from the central post office to the railway stations.

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Photographer: Unknown
Finding aid no.:

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FA-053

MSTRMER
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Series added entry:

Group B, Sub-series IV

Link to related resource:

For further information, please see Significant dates in Ottawa-Hull street and light railway history: https://churcher.crcml.org/candate/street.htm
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Postal service

Services - Postal - Land

Transportation - Land - Street cars - Electric

Ottawa (Ont.)

Ottawa - street
Source:

Private

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1980-149 NPC
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]
Nil

Box [1980-149] 171

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1980-149 NPC] PA-141061

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada / PA-141061
Restrictions on use: Nil
Copyright: Expired

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