The History of a Railway
The History of a Railway
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- Carta di Credito
- Bonifico Bancario
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- Carta del Docente
Dettagli
- Anno di pubblicazione
- 1960
- Luogo di stampa
- Victoria, BC
- Autore
- Swanson, R.E.
- Editori
- Province of British Columbia, Department of Commercial Transport, - Railways Branch
- Formato
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
- Edizione
- F First Edition
- Soggetto
- Swanson, R.E. The History of a Railway Province of British Columbia, Department of Commercial Transport - Railways Branch 8 pages in, blue card covers. A short article intended to preserve the, history and statistics of the Wellington Colliery Railway, one of the early narrow-gauge railways which ushered in wide, gauge on Vancouver Island before the transcontinental railways, reached the shores of the Pacific. The railway was abandoned in, 1899, and the locomotives and rails taken to Extension. Today, timber grows on the old grades over which millions of tons of, Wellington coal had been hauled." - from pages 3 and 5. Includes, copies of 5 black and white photographs which show the first, train to Wellington in 1880, the locomotive Columbia, the last coal to be hoisted in the Nanaimo-Wellington district, in November 1953, and more. Author was chief inspector of the Railways Branch., Unmarked. Average wear. Some damage to bottom two inches of left, margin of page 3. Blue card covers. Vancouver Island History, Nanaimo Coal Mining Robert Dunsmuir Diggle British Columbia, Transportation
- Descrizione
- S Paperback
- Stato di conservazione
- Buono
- Lingue
- Inglese
- Legatura
- Brossura
- Prima edizione
- True
Descrizione
8 pages in blue card covers. A short article intended to preserve the history and statistics of the Wellington Colliery Railway, one of the early narrow-gauge railways which ushered in wide gauge on Vancouver Island before the transcontinental railways reached the shores of the Pacific. The railway was abandoned in 1899, and the locomotives and rails taken to Extension. Today, timber grows on the old grades over which millions of tons of Wellington coal had been hauled." - from pages 3 and 5. Includes copies of 5 black and white photographs which show the first train to Wellington in 1880, the locomotive Columbia, the last coal to be hoisted in the Nanaimo-Wellington district in November 1953, and more. Author was chief inspector of the Railways Branch. Unmarked. Average wear. Some damage to bottom two inches of left margin of page 3. Blue card covers. Book
