Transportation, Railroads
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The Canal At Sault Ste Marie
The South Shore Quarry's Contribution to Canadian History
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This is the story of how a long abandoned limestone quarry on the south shore of Manitoulin Island played a small, but significant role in Canadian history. For over one hundred and twenty years the story of the quarry has lived on in the...
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To A High Court
Five Bold Law Students Challenge Corporate Greed and Change the Law
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Fall 1971. Richard Nixon is in the White House. Five George Washington University law students form Students Challenging Regulatory Agency Procedures (SCRAP). SCRAP's intent: to challenge the corporate greed of the nation's railroads and the...
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Iron Men
Memories of the Newfoundland Railway in the Steam Era
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Eminent Newfoundland Railway historian Mont Lingard paints vivid pictures of the “Iron Men”—tough and dedicated railroaders and their trains that opened up Newfoundland’s territory and economy, and serviced its interior and outport communities,...
