. The making of a great Canadian railway ; the story of the search for and discovery of the route, and the construction of the nearly completed Grand Trunk Pacific Railway from the Atlantic to the Pacific, with some account of the hardships and stirring adventures of its constructors in unexplored country . The Quebfx Bridge Before the Accident This structure spanning the St. Lawrence was to be the largest cantilever bridge inthe world, with a main span of 1800 feet, and the rails 150 feet above the water. Some800 feet of the main span had been constructed when the whole fabric The
. The making of a great Canadian railway ; the story of the search for and discovery of the route, and the construction of the nearly completed Grand Trunk Pacific Railway from the Atlantic to the Pacific, with some account of the hardships and stirring adventures of its constructors in unexplored country . The Quebfx Bridge Before the Accident This structure spanning the St. Lawrence was to be the largest cantilever bridge inthe world, with a main span of 1800 feet, and the rails 150 feet above the water. Some800 feet of the main span had been constructed when the whole fabric The Quebec Bridge After the Accident About 18,000 tons of steel had been set in position when through the failure of abottom rib of steel near the pier the whole mass settled upon itself into the workmen lost their lives in this calamity. A new bridge is now in courseof erection across the river. A COLOSSAL BRIDGE 127 of Quebec and, the Provincial Government demonstratedtheir appreciation of the scheme by contributing tangibleassistance in the form of subsidies of $300,000, or £60,000,and $250,000, or £50,000, in return for the facilities intrans-river communication, from which they would reapincalculable benefit. The scheme, once approved, was hurried forwardwith all possible speed, in the expectancy that it wouldbe completed by the time the new highway from coastto coast was opened. A period of seven years was ex-pected to be occupied in the task. While the preliminarywork in regard to the construction of the piers was inprogress the steel was collected on the s
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