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Grand Trunk in New England by Jeff Holt w/dust jacket 1986
Grand Trunk in New England by Jeff Holt
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket (Dust jacket has plastic covering. THe tape is only on te plastic covering.)
Copyright 1986
By Jeff Holt
176 pages
CONTENTS
Dedication 4
Acknowledgements 7
A Note About Nomenclature 8
Introduction 10
Chapter 1. Early Railroading in Maine 15
Chapter 2. A Dream Becomes Reality 17
Chapter 3. Construction of the First Division 28
Chapter 4. The Critical Period: Progress Amidst Crises 35
Chapter 5. Conquering the White Mountains 40
Chapter 6. Birth of the Grand Trunk 45
Chapter 7. Canadian Sister: The St. Lawrence & Atlantic 53
Chapter 8. A Decade of Development 58
Chapter 9. Growing Pains and Measured Progress 71
Chapter 10. A Problem of Track Gauge 77
Chapter 11. The Golden Age 83
Chapter 12. The End of An Era 95
Epilogue 115
Appendices
Appendix I. Locomotives 124
Appendix II. First Train Service Schedule on A&St.L 145
Appendix III. Train Service Schedule for 1853 145
Appendix IV. List of Incorporators of the A&St.L 145
Appendix V. Mileage Guide 146
Footnotes 153
Bibliography 156
Index 165
Conceptualized in the mind of an enterprising Maine lawyer, John Alfred Poor, and supported by several leading Canadian and American figures, the Portland-Montreal line of the Canadian National Railways had its beginnings in the coastal City of Portland, Maine in February of 1845. Completed after a seven-year struggle with the problem of scarce financial resources and the forbidding wilderness of Quebec and northern New England through which the railway had to pass, the international railway provided an Atlantic outlet for Canadian grain products destined from Montreal to Europe which might have otherwise been diverted via the Erie Canal to New York City for exportation. Indeed, the construction of the Portland-Montreal railway, known as the St. Lawrence & Atlantic in Canada and the Atlantic & St. Lawrence in the United States, may well have saved both Montreal and Portland from commercial decadence in the latter part of the 19th Century. The railway assured the city and port of Montreal of retaining its position as the depot of Western trade bound for European nations, and the Maine port was expanded and developed to meet the needs of the heavy Canadian export trade.
Although the possibility of failure of the undertaking was a continual worry to the road's determined backers, their efforts were rewarded in 1853 when the line's opening brought a new era of prosperity. The railway not only brought good times to Montreal and Portland but stimulated the development of a huge lumbering industry in New England. A vigorous trade with the West Indies, by which lumber products were shipped out and sugar and molasses received, centered in Portland, and trans-Atlantic steamship lines flourished with the movement of grain, lumber, food products, and manufactured goods.
This book provides an exhaustive study of this epic American-Canadian venture which has not, until now, received the historical recognition it merits as a truly international project which shaped the commercial destinies of two important cities. The newspapers of the times, old records of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, and long-forgotten journals and record books of the early railways were carefully and completely reviewed to recreate the story of the railroad as seen and witnessed by those who accomplished the task. The appendix of the text lists approximately one hundred sources utilized and authenticates facts through 160 specific footnotes. No effort was spared in making this work as historically accurate as possible.
The text is illustrated with over 200 photographs, twenty in full color, plus over 30 posters, timetables, graphs and other illustrations, each with detailed captions. Photos of construction gangs, passenger stations, early wood burning locomotives, and scenes of the more modern era provide vivid evidence of a glorious era of railroading conceived, and executed by two nations for their mutual benefit.
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