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1900-1910 - Railway Expansion

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pg50

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1999

The development of railways: 1882 - 1931

"Between 1870 and 1930 the network of rail lines in the province expanded rapidly. Virtually every community in Saskatchewan owed its existence to the railway. Before automobiles and good highways, trains were the main method of travel between communities. The larger towns and cities had several trains a day heading out in all directions to transport people and freight."

Document Details
Reference Number:	pg50
Media Type:	map
Notes:	Image Courtesy of the Atlas of Saskatchewan Project - Millennium Edition. cUniversity of Saskatchewan 1999.
Keywords:	Rail Lines

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Preview	Ref Number	Type	Title
	S-B4619		11 - A post-driving machine on railway construction near Rosthern.

	Rice Studio Album-112		12 - Building a Grand Trunk Pacific branch line into Moose Jaw.

	A-1352		13 - An interview with Harold Ashcroft.

	R-A24585		14 - The CPR rail yards and station in Moose Jaw.

	S-B213		15 - The Grand Trunk Pacific roundhouse in Biggar.

	R-A25821		16 - A C.P.R. rail line crossing the open plains.

	S-B11917		17 - A locomotive in Prince Albert.

	R-B7719		18 - "As the network of rail lines expanded it became easier to ship the grain to market, thus encouraging the expansion of h

	Reference		19 - A 1917 provincial government report on railway construction.

	R-A4642-4		20 - Each town would be a stop along the rail line and in some cases the station was a boxcar.

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