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Grand Trunk Railway, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, C.E

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Date:

19th century.

Reference:

R13133-34-2-E, Volume number: 2

Type of material:

Art

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Item ID number:

3950862

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Canadian Historical Prints and Watercolours Collection

Grand Trunk Railway, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, C.E
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Date(s):

19th century.

Place:

New York:

Place of creation:

United States

Publisher:

Charles Magnus,

Extent:

1 print : hand-coloured steel engraving on black mount ; 22.5 x 29.1 cm (sheet).

Language of material:

English

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Colour view of the Grand Trunk railroad that crosses the Victoria Bridge, Montreal. A train can be seen coming out of the tunnel on the left of this image.
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Artist: Linton, Henry

Publisher: Magnus, Charles

Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
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Signatures and inscriptions note:

Upper centre : The Victoria Tubular Bridge / CONSIDERED TO BE / THE MOST GIGANTIC WORK OF SCIENCE AND ENTERPRISE ON THE HABITABLE GLOBE: CONNECTING EAST & WEST OF THE / NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT IN ONE UNINTERRUPTED LINE OF RAILWAY.

Lower centre : GRAND TRUNK R.R. VICTORIA BRIDGE, MONTREAL C.E. / DESCRIPTION: - Centre Span 330 Feet. 12 Spans on each side the Centre, 242 Feet each Length of Abutments, 242 Feet each. Extreme Length includ- / ing Abutments 7000 Feet. Height above Summer Water Level in Centre Opening 60 Feet, descending to either end at the rate of 1 in 130 - Contents of / Masonry Three Million Cubic Feet. Weight of Iron in Tubes 8000 Tons. Dimesions of Tube through which the Trains pass in Middle Span 22 Feet / 16 high, Feet wide, at the extreme ends 19 Feet high, 16 Feet wide. Total Length 2 miles less fifty yards.

Lower right : Published by Charles Magnus & Co. 12 Frankfort St. New York
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Victoria Bridge (Montréal, Québec)

Pont Victoria (Montréal, Québec)
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Private
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R13133]

[Consultation 90 Open]

2 Item no. assigned by LAC 33

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit : Library and Archives Canada, R13133-33

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