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Railway Branch [multiple media]

Hierarchical level:

Series

Date:

1867-1936

Reference:

R610-134-2-E, RG43M 78903/55, RG43M 912003, RG43-A

Former BAN no.:

119-040025-1

Type of material:

Textual material, Maps and cartographic material, Architectural and technical drawings

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

134563

Context of this record:

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Department of Railways and Canals fonds

Railway Branch
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Series includes:

4 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1867-1936

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

123.75 m of textual records
2 microfiches of cartographic materials (2 maps)
12 architectural drawings : blueprints, some hand col., 1 blueline print, 77 x 172 cm or smaller.
3 maps : blueprints, hand col., 75 x 103 cm.
1 v. : blueprints, 22 x 33 cm.

Language of material:

English
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[Corporate relationships of the Grand Trunk Railway Company with affiliated railways in the United States] [textual record (microform)] : [1920] Dept. of Railways and Canals, Grand Trunk Arbitration, Montreal

Central registry files of Railway Branch [textual record]
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Series consists of records acquired and accumulated by the Railway Branch of the Department of Railways and Canals between 1867 and 1936. The series includes correspondence records, records from the Office of the Chief Engineer, records relating to subsidies to Railways and to the Quebec Bridge and Railroad Company.
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Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada

Railway Branch

Canada. Board of Arbitration on the Grand Trunk Railway
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Railway Branch : When the Department of Railways and Canals was created in 1879, the Railway Branch of the Department of Public Works was transferred to the new department. The Railway Branch was responsible for the construction, operation and maintenance of government-owned railways, which in 1879 included the Intercolonial Railway, the Prince Edward Island Railway and a planned transcontinental railway to British Columbia. The branch was also responsible for the administration of federal government aid to railways, designed to encourage the development and construction of new lines. Government assistance took many forms and at various times included land grants, cash subsidies, loans, debentures and the guarantee of bonds or interest.

By 1879, steam railways had assumed a significant role in Canadian economic development and were expanding very rapidly. The plan to construct a railroad to the Pacific Coast in the early 1870s was only one factor affecting the decision to create a separate Department of Railways and Canals. Since 1850, close to 6,800 miles of track had been laid in Canada, seventy percent in the twelve years since Confederation.

During the lifetime of the Department of Railways and Canals, not one but three trans-continental railways were constructed, and thousands of miles of new lines were laid in all regions of Canada. Between 1900 and 1915 alone, railway mileage doubled from 17,657 to 34,882. This over extension of railway development immediately prior to World War I eventually led to the amalgamation of the Canadian Northern Railway, the Grand Trunk Railways and the Canadian Government Railways system to form Canadian National Railways (CNR). By the end of 1936, Canada had over 42,000 miles of railway track, most of which was operated by the CNR and the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). The Dominion Government had granted 31,881,643 acres of land to steam railway companies as bonus grants or grants for rights of way, stations or townsites, and over 72,000,000 had been disbursed to railway companies. The Department of Railways and Canals, through its Railway Branch, was intimately associated with this great era of railway development in Canada from 1879 until 1936. RG43 General Inventory

Finding aid:

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Cartographic material (Microform) Refer to Available in other formats note. RG43M 912003. (90: Open)

(Other) finding aids are available. See lower level descriptions or consult ArchiviaNet. (96: Restrictions vary)

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Source of title:

Title is based on the contents of the series.

Custodial history:

RG43M 912003 - the provenance of this accession is uncertain. The acquisition documentation file contains a requisition for microfilming services, and to destroy the original.

Formatted contents note:

The two microfiches contain:
1. Chart showing corporate relations of the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada to affiliated railways in the United States. 1920.
2. Chart showing corporate relations of Grand Trunk R[ailwa]y to western lines in the United States. 1920.

Availability of other formats note:

Available in microfiche (105mm) format. NMC 128057 and 128058.

Accruals:

No further accruals are expected.
Subject heading:

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Canada

United States
Source:

Government

Related control no.:

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119-040025-1
2005-00211-9
912003 CA
R610
RG43
RG43-A
RG43M 912003

Former archival reference no.:

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RG43M 78903/55
RG43M 912003
RG43-A

Other accession no.:

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78903/55 CA
912003 CA
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Cartographic material: microform

[Consultation99 Closed pending processing]

Architectural: technical drawings

[Consultation90 Open]

Cartographic material

[Consultation90 Open]

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