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This is a detailed report on the trackage, facilities and the construction of Dominion Atlantic’s line from [[Windsor Junction]] to [[Windsor]], first known as [[The Windsor Branch]] of the Nova Scotia Railway and later as the [[:Category:Subdivision Halifax|Halifax Subdivision of the Dominion Atlantic]]. It was requested by the Nova Scotia Legislature in 1857 due to the concerns over costs and quality of the work on the Nova Scotia Railway so the legislature commissioned a report for "the employment of a competent Engineer, unconnected with the Railway works, for the purpose of affording the fullest and most authentic information to the public with reference to the Railway, the amount of money already expended, the sum required to complete the Line to Windsor and Truro..." | This is a detailed report on the trackage, facilities and the construction of Dominion Atlantic’s line from [[Windsor Junction]] to [[Windsor]], first known as [[The Windsor Branch]] of the Nova Scotia Railway and later as the [[:Category:Subdivision Halifax|Halifax Subdivision of the Dominion Atlantic]]. It was requested by the Nova Scotia Legislature in 1857 due to the concerns over costs and quality of the work on the Nova Scotia Railway so the legislature commissioned a report for "the employment of a competent Engineer, unconnected with the Railway works, for the purpose of affording the fullest and most authentic information to the public with reference to the Railway, the amount of money already expended, the sum required to complete the Line to Windsor and Truro..." | ||
| − | Report located by Jocelyn Snyder Freeman at Archive.org: [https://archive.org/details/reportonnovascot00laur/mode/2up] | + | Report located by Jocelyn Snyder Freeman at Archive.org: [https://archive.org/details/reportonnovascot00laur/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/reportonnovascot00laur/mode/2up] |
A similar report was commissioned by the legislature to document costs and the condition of the newly-built Windsor to Annapolis line in 1873: Alexander MacNab, ''[[Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab 1873|Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab Nov 1, 1873,]]'' (1873). | A similar report was commissioned by the legislature to document costs and the condition of the newly-built Windsor to Annapolis line in 1873: Alexander MacNab, ''[[Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab 1873|Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab Nov 1, 1873,]]'' (1873). | ||
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Report on the Nova-Scotia Railway: its present condition and probable cost, by James Laurie, Civil Engineer, February 5th, 1858.
This is a detailed report on the trackage, facilities and the construction of Dominion Atlantic’s line from Windsor Junction to Windsor, first known as The Windsor Branch of the Nova Scotia Railway and later as the Halifax Subdivision of the Dominion Atlantic. It was requested by the Nova Scotia Legislature in 1857 due to the concerns over costs and quality of the work on the Nova Scotia Railway so the legislature commissioned a report for "the employment of a competent Engineer, unconnected with the Railway works, for the purpose of affording the fullest and most authentic information to the public with reference to the Railway, the amount of money already expended, the sum required to complete the Line to Windsor and Truro..."
Report located by Jocelyn Snyder Freeman at Archive.org: https://archive.org/details/reportonnovascot00laur/mode/2up
A similar report was commissioned by the legislature to document costs and the condition of the newly-built Windsor to Annapolis line in 1873: Alexander MacNab, Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab Nov 1, 1873, (1873).
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