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Part of Joe Saint fonds
Contains maps of the Bradford West Gwillimbury & surrounding areas
Joe Saint
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Part of Joe Saint fonds
Contains maps of the Bradford West Gwillimbury & surrounding areas
Joe Saint
Office Window - Zima and CNR/ Plaza bylaws/ Garbage collection
Part of Local History Collection
Article features news on strikes at Toronto's Globe and Mail, the deal with John Zima's Luxury Homes Ltd and C.N. Rail off Dissette Street, and more news on garbage collection/ backyard burning.
Bradford Witness
Municipal Rights and Railway Act
Part of John Harrison Fonds
Correspondence and documents relating to preserving the municipal rights as provided in the General Railway Act.
John Harrison
Lifelong Friends, Three Lose Lives at Railroad Crossing
Part of Local History Collection
"Three Schomberg men died at the railway level crossing immediately south of Beeton C.P.R. station, early Friday morning. The triple fatality left 10 young children fatherless." ...
Bradford Witness
Part of Joe Saint fonds
Contains news clippings and articles on various events of Bradford West Gwillimbury
Joe Saint
Elusive bottom slows rail bridge
Part of Local History Collection
"Since last July, a 10-man construction crew from the Canadian National Railways has been installing a new railway trestle across the Holland River, on the boundry [sic] of Simcoe county and the Region of York. The new steel trestle will extend 275 feet across the river and sit 16 to 17 inches higher than the wooden bridge which the railroad is presently using." ... article explains the history of this bridge, and the difficulties of the new installation.
Bradford Witness
Part of Local History Collection
Photograph of the Canadian Pacific Rail train on its path through Bradford in the winter months.
Barry Schroeder
Part of Local History Collection
Photograph of the CP Rail train passing by Bradford.
Barry Schroeder
Part of Local History Collection
Photograph of the Canadian Pacific Rail train on its path through Bradford in the winter months.
Barry Schroeder
Part of Local History Collection
Train wreck of April 14, 1928. The CNR train crashed just past the Bradford station as it was heading southbound across the river. Engineer J.W Brooks died from this crash, and was found in his seat when the wreck was recovered. He died from the force and circumstances of the derailment. There was no known cause of the derailment.
The train was carrying a load of silk from Japan (via Vancouver) to New York, and a cargo of frozen fish from Vancouver.