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Rail section [unknown]

Description

Part of the last rail laid at Craigellachie, BC Nov 7, 1885. Souvenir was cut from the end piece of the final sawn rail after the ceremony - part of the newly laid rail that the train full of dignitaries passed over and on through the mountains for the first time to Port Moody :"All aboard for the Pacific!".

Item Metadata

Title
Rail section
Creator
[unknown]
Date Created
[1885]
Description
Part of the last rail laid at Craigellachie, BC Nov 7, 1885. Souvenir was cut from the end piece of the final sawn rail after the ceremony - part of the newly laid rail that the train full of dignitaries passed over and on through the mountains for the first time to Port Moody :"All aboard for the Pacific!".
Subject
Railroad rails; Railroads--Design and construction; Canadian Pacific Railway Company; Sourvenir
Genre
Physical Objects
Type
Still Image
File Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
CC_AR_00649
Collection
Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection
Source
Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. The Chung Collection. CC-AR-00649
Date Available
2017-08-28
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca/
DOI
10.14288/1.0355198
Category
C.P.R. artifacts
RBSCLocation
CC-EX-7.1
Aggregated Source Repository
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Rights

Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca/