Essex Train Show At Essex Ontario — follow the link by clicking here Saturday and Sunday
The Sarnia Observer and Western Advertiser March 23, 1854 WANTED At the Observer Office, an Apprentice to the Printing Business. Good wages given, with an opportunity of acquring a perfect knowledge of the business. Observer office, March 1854
The Sarnia Observer and Western Advertiser March 23, 1854 An Accident Occured on Saturday Last to one of the Strokers on the Engine Erie, belonging to the Great Western Railway Co. here. He had been standing on the outside connecting rod,fixing a hook, when the Engineer not knowing his position, put on the steam, the [...]
The Sarnia Observer and Western Advertiser March 23, 1854 Splendid Financial Success of the Grand Trunk Railway The attempts so perseveringly made to injure this magnificent enterprise which will cause an expenditure of £9,000,000 sterling, on account of Canada, have been carried from this province to England. A call on the Grand Trunk shares was [...]
The Sarnia Observer and Western Advertiser MARCH 16, 1854 The Grand Trunk is likely to fair badly between Prescott and Cornwall, the land owners along that portion of the route having combined, according to the Reorder, to force extravagant prices for the land required by the company. One hundred pounds per acre is the price [...]
The Sarnia Observer and Western Advertiser February 9, 1854 From New York to Liverpool in Six Days-The New York Tribune says, The new steamer W.M. Norris, which is to make the passage to Europe in five or six days, is rapidly approaching completion. Her outside is nearly finished, and she will probably be floated in [...]
I have posted more photos of the Courtright train station along with some information on its size. http://stclairrailways.com/courtright-station-canada-southern-new-york-central-michigan-central-railroad/
The Sarnia Observer and Western Advertiser February 9, 1854 Present Progress of Railroads in Canada Montreal and Bytown – We are happy to announce that on the 18th inst., a commencement was made upon this work. The Contractors, Messers. Sykes & Co., do not dilly dally with their undertakings. It is only about two months [...]
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The Sarnia Observer and Western Advertiser February 9,1854 Annexation of Canada The finest portion of the British Provinces in North America is the Peninsula lying west and south Of Lake Ontario, and between the Niagara and Detroit River. It is projected into our territory like a bastion, separating the States of New York and Michigan, [...]
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