Name/Title

The Mount Royal Tunnel

Entry/Object ID

2021.1793.01

Tags

Canadian National, Canadian Northern, Grand Trunk

Scope and Content

A 27 page magazine-style book describing the history of the ambitious plan from 1912 to construct the Mount Royal tunnel, Canada's first subway.

Context

The plan was to construct a 3-mile tunnel through Mount Royal to create a railway with the terminal ending in Montreal. Features historic photographs of both the cities as well as the construction of the tunnel. The book is divided into small chapters by subject matter.

Collection

Canadian National

Cataloged By

Matthew Gill

Category

Secondary Source

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Creator

Trains and Trolleys Book Club

Date(s) of Creation

circa 1950

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Title

The Mount Royal Tunnel

Description

A 27 page magazine-style book describing the history of the ambitious plan from 1912 to construct the Mount Royal tunnel, Canada's first subway.

Creator

Anthony Clegg

Date(s) of Creation

1963

Subjects

History, Subways, Tunnels, Railways

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Montreal, Quebec

State/Province

Quebec

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number (Assigned from FileMaker)

Other Number

24943

Dimensions

Width

6 in

Length

9 in

Location

Location

Box

Canadian National Box #1

Room

Dale Wilson Reference Library

Building

NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

* Untyped Location

Capreol, Ontario

Category

Storage

Date

February 14, 2022

Condition

Reason for Exam

At Acquisition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Condition Detail

Fading

Date Examined

Feb 14, 2022

Examined By

Kat Bezaire

Materials

paper, ink, staples

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Canadian National

Owner/Agent

Canadian National

Role

Owner/Publisher

Place

City

Montreal, Quebec

State/Province

Quebec

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Acquisition Method

Gift

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Originally cataloged on June 4, 2015 by Matthew Gill, re-cataloged on February 14, 2022 by Kat Bezaire

Created By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Create Date

February 14, 2022

Updated By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Update Date

March 1, 2022