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Maurice Williams
Softcover
168 pages
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Myra’s Men: Building the Kettle Valley Railway, Myra Canyon to Penticton
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It was not your standard railway. Instead of wending its way through the valleys, along the river banks and paralleling the mountain ranges like most railways, the KVR ran across the mountain ranges, down into the valleys, and then up the other side again. Instead of avoiding steep grades, sharp curves, heavy snow, and cold weather, the KVR faced all of these. Instead of traversing through a land rich in people and trade, it operated in a region in want of inhabitants; those who lived there were settled in communities no larger than a few thousand. No wonder it has been called Canada’s most expensive railway.
Williams has focused his historians eye not only on the visionary engineers who oversaw the work, but also on the everyday lives of the immigrant labourers — the navvies — who blasted the tunnels, laid the tracks and built the soaring trestles on a spectacular rail line that has become one of Canadas most scenic historic treasures.
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| Weight | 0.340 kg |
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| Dimensions | 23 × 15.2 × 0.8 cm |
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