Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 166,831 pages of information and 246,603 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grand Trunk Pacific Railway

From Graces Guide

To compete with the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Canadian Northern Railway, the Grand Trunk Railway Co of Canada created the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company to cross the continent.

1903 Incorporated

1910 B. B. Kelliher, Chief Engineer; H. A. Woods, Assistant Chief Engineer; H. H. Brewer, General Superintendent.[1]

1919 As a result of this expansion, the company went bankrupt. The federal government took charge of the railway

1923 amalgamated with the Canadian National Railways, which later became the Canadian National.


See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. 1911 Bradshaw’s Railway Manual