Canadian Pacific Workers Laying Tracks Circa 1890, Colourized
No specific date available, but what shows in the photograph indicates very early construction, possibly sometime in the 1880s
Name/Title
Canadian Pacific Workers Laying Tracks Circa 1890, ColourizedEntry/Object ID
2021.1229.01Description
Colourized photograph of Canadian Pacific workers laying track in Western Canada. There are two lines of workers around the track laying the wooden ties and steel railsl, next to the track there is a man controlling two horses pulling a cart. On the section of track already built there are three flat cars loaded with wooden ties being pushed by a steam engine. There are a total of seven workers standing and working on board the flat cars. Distinguishing Features: The photograph has been colourizedContext
Original document, however it has been colourized. The Canadian Pacific Railway was founded in 1881. Part of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald's dream of Canadian Confederation, the building a transcontinental railway was part of the agreement to get British Columbia to join Confederation. Construction began in 1881 and lasted well into the 1900s to build lines connecting Canada from Vancouver to Montreal.Collection
Library ArchiveCategory
Canadian Pacific