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portada End of the Line: The 1857 Train Wreck at the Desjardins Canal Bridge
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Year
2013
Language
English
Pages
216
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
22.8x15.5x1.2 cm
Weight
0.34 kg.
ISBN
1459702220
ISBN13
9781459702226
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End of the Line: The 1857 Train Wreck at the Desjardins Canal Bridge

Don McIver (Author) · Natural Heritage Books · Paperback

End of the Line: The 1857 Train Wreck at the Desjardins Canal Bridge - McIver, Don

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Synopsis "End of the Line: The 1857 Train Wreck at the Desjardins Canal Bridge"

Sixty people died in 1857, leaving behind their stories and the tales of those involved. In 1857, the Desjardins Canal bridge collapsed under a Toronto-to-Hamilton train, creating one of the worst railway wrecks in North American history. Sixty lives, including that of the main contractor, were lost. The story of how the Great Western Railway was conceived, where it was located, and how it was constructed is replete with high irony covering political intrigue, commercial skullduggery, and bold entrepreneurship. Woven into the tragic events of that cold March evening are a cross-section of pre-Confederation Canadians whose lives contrasted sharply with the dour stereotypical view of pioneering Canada. End of the Line portrays the personalities of these global travellers, burgeoning industrialists, and simple railway servants - all connected by the common thread of catastrophe. Particular attention is focused on the little-known life of Samuel Zimmerman - the irrepressible contractor who died in the accident. Captured throughout is the spirit of economic venture infecting the mood of the continent.

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