This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 edition. Excerpt: ...waterfalls on the rivers and streams of the Province; very few are without, and some have falls of great height and large volume. The amount of water power in New-Brunswick is exceedingly large, and almost beyond calculation. Few countries of its size possess such facilities for obtaining power to an unlimited ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 edition. Excerpt: ...waterfalls on the rivers and streams of the Province; very few are without, and some have falls of great height and large volume. The amount of water power in New-Brunswick is exceedingly large, and almost beyond calculation. Few countries of its size possess such facilities for obtaining power to an unlimited extent from running water. Railways.--The first railway commencedin the Provhv was intended to connect the Port of St. Andrews, with the village of Woodstock, a distance of about 90 miles. As Woodstock is distant 150 miles from the sea by the river St. John, and as that river is obstructed by ice five months in the year, it was deemed advisable that the upper country should have a shorter communication with the sea, which would be available during the whole year. This railway is now completed and open for traffic, for twenty-six miles from St. Andrews; leaving nearly 70 miles to be completed. The government of New-Brunswick is now constructing, as a public work, a first class single track railway, of five feet six inches guage, from the port of St. John, on the Bay of Fundy, to Shediac, on the Gulf of St. Lawrence, a distance of one hundred and fourteen miles. A portion of this railway, seventeen miles in length, from Shediac to Moncton, is now completed, and in working order; the remainder is in course of construction, and will be completed as early as practicable. It is intended hereafter to connect this railway with the railways of Nova Scotia, Canada, and the United States, and thus bring New-Brunswick into railway communication with all other parts of North America to which railways extend. It is estimated that in the construction of these railways, one year, s labour of sixty men will be required for each mile of railway. The amount of..
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