Chignecto Marine Transport Railway
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chignecto-marine-transport-railway-311-730614
title:
Chignecto Marine Transport Railway
text:
The Chignecto Marine Transport Railway is a historic Canadian portage railway located in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. With Canadian Confederation in 1867, a variety of canal-building projects were undertaken throughout the new country by the new federal government, including renewed interest in a canal that could transit the isthmus at Chignecto. The Chignecto Ship Railway project was first proposed in 1875 by notable civil engineer Henry Ketchum as a means to transport ships across the Isthm
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Canadian portage railway
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chignecto_Marine_Transport_Railway
date created:
date modified:
2023-05-12T09:47:40Z
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