Maps of station grounds, yards, and main lines in southern and central Ontario [cartographic material]

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Maps of station grounds, yards, and main lines in southern and central Ontario [cartographic material]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-series

Date:

1856-1919.

Reference:

R231-3720-5-E, RG30, RG30M 81203/55, RG30M 934002, RG30M 945003, RG30M 90137

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

5166159

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Canadian National Railway Company fonds

Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada

Engineering Department records

Maps of station grounds, yards, and main lines in southern and central Ontario
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Sub-series includes:

520 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1856-1919.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

565 maps : primarily linen; also blueprints.

Language of material:

English
Accession:

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[Grand Trunk Railway station yard] [cartographic material, technical drawing, architectural drawing]

[Grand Trunk Railway, plans for Divisions] [cartographic material, technical drawing] prepared by the Engineers Office, Hamilton, Ont
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This sub-series consists of maps created by the Grand Trunk Railway engineering department or by predecessor companies (Grand Trunk, Georgian Bay and Lake Erie Railway Company; Northern Railway Company of Canada; Nippising and Pacific Junction Railway; North and Northwestern Railways). The earliest maps date from the 1850s.

Many of the maps are oversized, and have been signed by Joseph Hobson, who was chief engineer of GTR from the 1870s to the early part of the 20th century. The maps have been hand-drawn, are primarily in colour, and display elaborate calligraphy. More specifically, along with the location of the railway line, there are stations, freight houses, gardens, semaphores, engine houses, roundhouses, fences, trestle bridges as well as information about local landowners and businesses. Some of the maps show evidence of multiple use, with pencil notes and dates showing corrections (thus, if a map were originally drawn in 1885, there can be corrections dating to as recent as 1912).

Other names of engineers on the maps include: I. Baker, Joseph Hobson, W.O. Tidswell, H.C. Stiff, Owen Jones, and Tom D. Hannaford, and A.J. Mclean.

The maps document station yards and portions of main lines between stations in various locations in Southern and Central Ontario, including the Toronto area.

Here are some locations outside of Toronto:
Aurora; Caledonia; Cardinal; Clinton; Collingwood; Collins Bay; Cobourg; Ernestown; Fenelon Falls; Hamilton Railway Wharf; Ingersoll; Iroquois; Guleph; Norwich; Port Hope; Port Perry; Prescott; Queenston Quarries; Sunnidale; Jordan; Marysville; Mount Pleasant; Milton; Napanee; Shannonville; Stewarton; St. Catherines; Tavistock; Tilsonburg; Thornton; Washago; Waterloo; Wainfleet; West Brantford; Woodstock

Here are some locations in Toronto area:
Parkdale Junction; Eastern Avenue; Oakville; Port Credit; Brampton; York Yard; Bronte; Rockwood; Richmond Hill; Thornhill; Newmarket; King Station Yard; GTR Toronto Yard

There is also a location in the United States:
South Paris, Maine

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Cartographic material (Electronic) The finding aid is an item list and is available as a PDF attached to this record. 30-235 PDF (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/30-235_34441_5166159_part_1_open.pdf

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Note on the state of conservation:

Most maps have been rolled up for a very long time, and are also very fragile. Steps are being taken to flatten and preserve the documents for the long term.

Source:

Government

Related control no.:

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121-040066-9
81203/55 CA
934002 CA
RG30M 81203/55
RG30M 934002

Former archival reference no.:

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RG30
RG30M 81203/55
RG30M 934002
RG30M 945003
RG30M 90137
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Cartographic material

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R231]

[Consultation 90 Open]

16085--16094;

[Consultation 90 Open]

16096--16105;

[Consultation 90 Open]

16107--16113;

[Consultation 90 Open]

16294--16295;

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Date modified:: 2023-07-20

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Maps of station grounds, yards, and main lines in southern and central Ontario [cartographic material]

Maps of station grounds, yards, and main lines in southern and central Ontario [cartographic material]