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 VICTORIA JUBILEE BRIDGE 
 
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i'Hi: OLD WAV. 
 
 g.AC'K ill thr tiftirs, M,.mival o.ukl not boast of a 
 k'ttcr coiiiKxtion with the railua\ to thi' >outh than 
 In the primiti\f iiu.ilc of a fc-irv acio -lu' St. I.auivnrc 
 River. The tcTminus of the (JranJ 'liunk Railua\, thru 
 called -Thr St. Lau-ivncc and Atlantic Railroad," running 
 from Portland, .Maine, was Lon^r„euil, at whuh place the 
 Company's steamers were in readine^s to ferr\ tlie pas>en- 
 gcrs to Montreal, the most important eitv of all the nnti.h 
 possessions in .Ameriea, and one which at that tunc 
 warranted the expectation of its becoming an inmuMi^e 
 metiopcdis. 
 
 'I"he population of .Montreal was between Mxt\ and 
 seventy thousand, more than half of whom were of Krench 
 extraction. 
 
 I'reight was transported in Iiarges, and durin- the win- 
 ter months sleighs were resorted t.. as convevances for 
 passengers and merchandise. Twice a vear there uas a 
 stoppage of traffic from one to three weeks durum the fall 
 and spring, when the mights St. Lawrence was impassable 
 On one occasion a number ..f passengers wcwe b^in^: ear- 
 ned across the ice bridge m a sleigh, dri\en In one of die 
 Grand 'I'runk teamsters, when a casualt\ occurred ubich 
 proved fatal to one of the number, the others narrowly 
 escaping. When nearing the middle of the stream the 
 
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OLD VICTORIA TUBULAR BRIIK.E 
 HUll.T i860 — RECONSTRUCTED 1807 
 
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uhnlr tu'Ki of irr, n.anv n„lr> ,n cAtrnt, In-;,,, to m.nr, 
 •^"f f-iti.natrK stcpivd attrr „,„„.: a short di.taiur, and 
 all c'sc-aprcl ,„ .af.ty, cxcrpt on. mku. who Ju.) ,,,„„ 
 rxhaustion ami t'^i^llt. 
 
 ■fliu^ it nia\ he iniaginrd In th..sr livi.i- in the pirscnt 
 period that great ditHcultus and chuv^rrs uuv .xpc.ru.nrcd 
 In travclus to and from Montreal m thr .dd da\s, hrlorr 
 tlu- (Jraml •Crunk Railuav urctrd that wonder oV ,„-,. 
 ■Hvnng .k,ll, thr -X'ictona Tubuhir nruLn," uhich stood 
 tlu- test of a hcaw traffic- tor iicarK tortv \cars. 
 
 VIC rORIA TLHLLAk nRII)(;|.. 
 
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 It is pi-ohahir there ne\er was an iimlertakin 
 with difficulties as the huildmg of the - Vietor.a Tid^ul- 
 Hndge" at Montreal. The eontraetors had to eontend 
 ''"' ""'^- ^^'tli a rapid stream two m,les wide, hut with 
 sli.nes u\ ice from three to seN en feet in thiekness, and 
 from htteen t.) twentv s(|uare miles in extent. 
 
 Tlie engineers of the X'letona Tubular iirid-e were 
 Robert Stephenson and Alex. M. Ross, C\ K. Ah'. Ross 
 who had beet, eonnectcd with nuun lai-e raiKva\s and' 
 pubhc works in Europe, came to Canada ,n the vear iS'52 
 aiul after conferring with prominent men in this countrj 
 and the management of the (Jrand Trunk Railwa^, with 
 a Mew to bridging the St. I.awren.e, returned to Kn^^land 
 '" the tall, after .uggesti.ig a ttdnilar bridue to contiect 
 the north with the south shore. 
 
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 OK MCTORIA rullUt.AK HRI|)(,l. 
 
 SOUVENIR MEDAI. rSSUKI) AT OChNrNt; O- 
 VICTORIA TUBULAR HRIDUE. 
 
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'F'lu- lirst stniu' lur tlir tii>t pirr .,f the oKI biul-i' was 
 1.11(1 ji.lv iiil, 1H54, In Sir C'u.iu-k R.uin, alniiy ui.li 
 Xifc-l'ivsitlcnt Il.,|i,n>, Mr. |aim'> II,.iLh>, AIr\. M. 
 R"s^, C". i:., aiul (itlu T -cntlfiiu'ii, u ho wwv aUo jdiikiI |)\ 
 l.ailv R..iic\, Mis. II.hI-c^., Mis. Maitlaiul ami ..tluis, latli 
 takiiiLi tin- tn.ui'l and as>l>tlim in pivpaiiii-r ihv moitar-lnd 
 tor the HrM momc in the fiist pirr ..f" the -irat luulcitakiii-. 
 
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 On^Xovcnihn- 24, iHs(), X'icc-I^vsiilcnt Hhukuell, 
 Hon. CJ. K. C'articr, Attoriic'\ Cirncral; |amr^ ILn^rfs, 
 Alex. M. Ros^, C\ K., Walter Shanlv, Major t'aniplull, 
 Messrs. (i/.ovv.ki, Maephetson, Fois\th, Captain Rhodes 
 and others, were the first to ero.s> the X'ictoiia Uridire. 
 Mr. lilaekuell was on Jiis way to Kiiglaiul to attend the 
 (Jrand Trunk meeting, whe-v he was able to report him- 
 self is coming "via X'ietoria Hridue." 
 
 On August 25, 1S60, the Bridge was otfieialK inautru- 
 rated, and the last rivet driven l,v II. R. II., the yoimg 
 Prince (,f Wales, on which occasion a grand baiKpiet was 
 held near the bridge, and addresses were given bv the 
 Prince, the Duke of Newcastle, Mr. Hlackwell, Mr. Alex. 
 M. Ross, C. E., Mr. Hodges and others. 
 
 To commemorate this event, Mr. HIackwell had a 
 medal prepared In j. S. W\on, Chief Kngraver „f Her 
 Majesty's seals, a gold one of which was^ presented to 
 H. R. H., the Prince of Wales, and a hron/e one to each 
 
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INVITATION TO THF IN AU(;UR ATION OF 
 VICTORIA TUBULAR HRIDCJt 
 
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<>r the officcMs „r the- (irand Trunk Raihva\. It hrais a 
 hnc imprcssi,,,, in vchvi n( tlu- l^rnuc- as he then appeared, 
 With the Pri.uH s feathers „n the re\ erse side, and thJ 
 words " VVelcome, Albert-Kdvvard, Prince of Wales, \ isited 
 Canada and Inaugurated the X'ietoria liridge, i860." A 
 reproduction „f the C(,mmenu,rati\e medal (which has now 
 become a possession of curiosity and of great value to 
 those who received them), appears in this s(ni\enir. 
 
 The following particulars respecting the Old Victoria 
 Tubular IJridge may be interestini: : 
 
 Lcngtli of iroinvdfk, - . . 
 
 Tot.il length, - . . _ 
 
 Nunilii'r ot piiTS, - . . 
 
 N'unik'r ot iron tuln'^, 
 
 U'iiitli ot' (.(■litre sji.iii, 
 
 Wiiitli of' si.le -|i.iiis, 
 
 'I hkkne.^^ cjt'ieritre piers at summer wjter le\cl, 
 Thickness ,it" si>le piers at summer water level, 
 
 Material of" piers, 
 
 Quantity of iiiasoiiiy ( piers aii.l almtmentsi, - 
 
 Total weight i>t masonry, 
 
 Height of tulles, - - . . 
 
 Wia.h of tulies, - - . 
 
 'I'otal weight of tubes, - - . 
 
 Height from water, - 
 
 Grade of tubes to centre, - 
 
 Cost of Bri.ige, 
 
 - fi, i9I feet 
 V, 144 feet 
 
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 - ^ ^o feet 
 24Z feet 
 
 - 2S feet 
 iS feet 
 
 - I.iiiKvtoiie 
 100,000 cubic vaiils 
 
 - 22^,000 ti\n> 
 IS I, to 22 feet 
 
 - 16 feet 
 9,044 tons 
 
 - do feet 
 
 I in I 30 
 
 - ^",000,000 
 
 Engineers: Messrs. A. AI. Ross and Robert Stephenson. 
 Huilders: Messrs. Peto, l^assev .V l]etts, under the 
 superintendency of Mr. (ames Hodires. 
 
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 H. R. H., ALRFRT EDWARD, PRIXCF. OF WALES, AND SUITE 
 
 Taken at Montreal During Opening Celebration of 
 Victoria Tiil.iilar Briiige, i860. 
 
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 The traveler on leaving the Montreal side of the bridge 
 going east, may ha\ e observed on his left a gigantic boulder 
 placed upon cut stone mason work, surrounded b\ a picket 
 tcnce. This boulder was dug up in the \ icinit\ of the 
 bridge while the latter was under construction, and was 
 placed where it now stands bv the workmen emploved on 
 the construction, in commemoration of the immiurants 
 who died from ship fever during the \ears lH47-'8. ^ The 
 boulder bears the following inscription : — 
 
 To 
 
 i'rcservc from Dcccration the Rcmain.s „f 6,000 Imnugranu 
 
 who DicLJ of Ship I'cvcr a. d. iH47-'8 
 
 TF^[S STOXK 
 
 Is H.cctcd bv the Workmen of Mcxsrs. Peto, Bra.ssey .>,■ Bctts, 
 
 Elmploycd in tl;c Coiistruenon of the 
 
 VICTORIA BRIDGE, 
 
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 STONR FRECTED TO VICTIMS OF SHIP-FETER FPIDEMIC, ,847-8, BV WORKMEN 
 ON CONSTRUCTION OF VICTORIA TUBULAR BRIDGE. 
 
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Svstcm. TIk. comractors uctc- : Thv Detroit Hiiduc- ami 
 Iron Works tor thr erection of the whole of the Miper- 
 stnicture, and tor the construction of nineteen spans of it, 
 including the centre one. The renKrninu six spans uerc- 
 constructed by the Dominion Bridge Compan\ (,f Mon- 
 treal. Mr. William Gibson, of Ik-amsville, Ontario, b,i,lt 
 all the masor.r\' re(|uired for the enlargement of the abut- 
 ments and piers. 
 
 The work was commen. > ii October, 1897, '\v the 
 erection of the first span on the west end,— the structure 
 being built completely around the tube of the old brid<re, 
 the latter being cle\erly utili/.ed as a roadwav on which a' 
 temporary steel span was mo\ed out to the first pier, and 
 the new structure then erected outside the temporarv span. 
 The progress of the work was delaved for the' peri.td 
 ot two months during the winter of 1897-8, owing to 
 very se\ere weather, and the actual time of construction 
 only extended over a period of about eight months ; during 
 that time the enormous traffic of the (irand Trunk wat 
 delayed but verv little, prar^tically nothing to speak of, the 
 longest time on anv one occasion that the line was cl'osed 
 to traffic being about two hours, and the total kw^th of 
 time closed during construction being about twenty hours. 
 This is a \erv remarkable result, when the following facts 
 
 arc taken into consideration : 
 
 While the old bridge, entire, weighed 9,044 tons, the 
 new bridge weighs 22,000 tons. The total length of bridge 
 IS 6,592 feet; number of piers, 24; number of spai^s. 
 
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 VICTORIA JUBILEE BRIDGE — COMPLETED I899. 
 
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is; length cc'iuial span, _i_p tlrt ; luiL^th mcIc- spans, 
 
 U'hilf tlu- uiJth ..r the ..1(1 bridge was sixtou, feet, tlic 
 width ,.f the nru- bridge is sixt\-si.x fcrt, ci^ht indies; 
 the height .,r tl,e old bridge superstructure was eighteen' 
 fcc't, the height (,r that of the new bridge (.\er all is tn,n, 
 tort\- to si.\t\- teet. 
 
 The total eost of the new bridge, whieh pro\ ides double 
 track tor railroad trains, and dri\e-wavs tor vehicles on 
 each side, was about S 2,000,000. The contract price 
 ot the old \'ictoria Bridge was 87,000,000. 
 
 The superstructure of the bridge, exclusive of its own 
 weight, in which are included rio..rs, railwa\ tracks, <ruard 
 rails, etc., is designed to carr\' the undermentioned mm ing 
 l"ads: (1.) Trains running in both directions, consisting 
 of two consolidation engines and tenders, coupled, of an 
 average weight of 5,200 pounds per foot of their length, 
 followed bv a car load of 4,000 lbs. per toot ; (2.) A m m - 
 ing load on each carriage-wav of 1,000 pounds per foot. 
 There is no limit prescribed tor the speed ..f either railway 
 trains, of electric street cars, or of ordinary carriages. 
 
 The new bridge ranks, from an engineering standpoint, 
 with the foremost structures of the age, as the bridge which 
 it replaced ranked the foremost as a monument to^he skill 
 of the engineers and bridge-builders of the period in which 
 it was built. 
 
 The opening of the double track (,n the new bridire 
 marked an em in. the handling of traffic o\er the Grand 
 
APPROACH TO VICTORIA JUBILEE BRIDGE. 
 
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 w another until the preced 
 
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 capacity in this respect 
 
 a considerable amount of 
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 mo\ed suiftlv 
 
 cr ui rapid succession, o 
 
 t of a modern electric block s\stc 
 
 wiJl permit two or three tr 
 
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 ni, u 
 
 tion at the same t 
 
 I me, 
 
 Th 
 
 ains on the bridge 
 
 in each di rec- 
 
 to handle with facility the lar-c and 
 freight business,_which has h 
 hampered, owing to the limited 
 
 is will enable the Grand Trunk 
 
 constantlv increasi 
 
 IlLT 
 
 leretofore been m 
 
 lore or less 
 
 as well as handl 
 
 capacity of the old brid 
 
 dusiness w 
 
 hich 
 
 "ig in a proper manner the 1 
 
 ijii_,- 
 
 aiid with 
 
 constantly comes to and th 
 
 arge passeiiirer 
 
 7'h 
 
 increased volume durinjr the 
 
 Jubilee Hridi: 
 
 ic view from the train whil 
 
 rough Montreal, 
 summer tourist season. 
 
 e crossing the Victc 
 
 )ria 
 
 approaching Montreal f 
 
 ar 
 
 Lawrence Rivei 
 
 c IS one of much grandeur, and if seen while 
 
 lore, cannot but 
 ith the St. 
 
 rom the south sh 
 
 Test the artistic sense of the beholder. \\ 
 
 swec 
 
 with hundreds of steamb 
 
 ping under this mass 
 
 i\e structure, 
 
 and 
 
 craft of e\er\- desc 
 
 n 
 
 on Its waters opposite the harl 
 
 loats, sailing vessels, steam 
 ption, scurrying hither and thith 
 
 tUii'S 
 
 treal, lying in its beautiful 1 
 
 !ior, and the Citv of M 
 
 on- 
 
 R 
 
 ,o 
 
 '\al as a back<rround, f 
 
 location at the base of M 
 
 ount 
 
 pictures which delisrht th 
 
 , forms one of those beautiful 
 e eve of the artist and awakens the 
 
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admirati.,,, of all. Tlu. massi^c■ st..nc- uardu.usc-s that 
 line- the harbor for miles, the extensive manufactories, from 
 whose tall chimneys belch forth Nolumes of smoke, and 
 which can be seen on the shores of the ri\er as far as the 
 eve can reach, tend to show that Montreal is the commer- 
 cial metropolis of the Dominion of Canada. While speak- 
 ing of Montreal, it might be said that when the old Victoria 
 Tubular Bridge was completed in uS6o, the population of 
 this progressive citv was, as alreaclv stated, between 60,000 
 and 70,000, and to-dav the population is gi\en as more 
 than 300,000. 
 
 A synopsis of the dimensions and interesting features 
 of the new bridge is appended : 
 
 Lcngrh (if steel work, - . . . 
 
 Lciij^th (incluiiing approaches), 
 N'umlier of piers, - . . 
 
 Number (if steel truss spans, - . . 
 
 Length (if centre span, - . . 
 
 Length (if side spans, - . _ 
 
 Thickness (if centre piers at summer water level, - 
 Thickni'ss (if side piers at summer water level, - 
 Material (if piers, - . _ 
 
 yuanrity (if masonry (piers and abutments ), - 
 I leight of ordinary span-^ ( centre to centre of chords , 
 Height of centre span (centre to centre of chordM, 
 Width lietween main trusses ( centre to centre ), - 
 Extreme width of Bridge, including roadways, - 
 Height from water at centre to underside of bridge, - 
 Cirade of trusses to centre, - . . 
 
 Total weight of superstructure, - 
 Cost of Bridge (new work). 
 
 6,51; I feet 
 
 9,144 feet 
 
 H 
 
 25 
 
 35c feet in the clear 
 
 2±t ^^'^'^ -> . -. I'Ot III 
 —*•- to -4/ thfik'ir 
 
 2S feet 
 
 iS feet 
 
 Limestone 
 
 100,000 cubic V.M'ds 
 
 40 feet 
 
 60 feet 
 
 >l feel, 2 inches 
 
 fi6 feet, S inches 
 
 60 feet 
 
 I in I ^o 
 
 44,000,000 pounds 
 
 S2, 000, 000 
 
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 *»eiONSTRUCTION OF NINETEEN (19) SPAMS 
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