Photograph, black and white
Strait Area Museum
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| Object Name: | Photograph, black and white |
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| Category: | Graphic Documents |
| Material: | Photographic paper |
| Accession Number: | p2023.470 |
| Earliest Production Date: | 1906-01-01 |
| Latest Production Date: | 1906-12-31 |
| Description: | A black and white photo of a group of (5) men all dressed in work clothes, standing in front of a train in Port Hastings. The back of the photo reads " This photograph was taken in the early 1900's in the Port Hastings yard at a locale roughly across the mainline from the engine shed. Behind the locomotive can be seen a line rising from left to right. This marks the edge of the embankment of the pier branch. The only person identified is the fireman, William M MacLean, who is standing on the left of the group. The author's father had told him that on occasion Mackenzie and Mann brought in engines from other CNR properties in the province, particularly the Coast and NS railways. Among such engines was one of Manchester manufacture. The engine in this picture is clearly a product of that firm. The fluted dome tops and high-mounted whistles are clues. More confirming evidence is the very unique bell hanger. That included horizontal arms which were connected to the handrails and vertical arms which were flared outwards. This information together with the fact that the engine is definitely of the 4-6-0 type places its manufacture in the 1883-91 period. Although it is in use on the IR&C line, the locomotive is not of that railway. |
| Length: | 25cm |
| Width: | 20cm |
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| Institution City: | Port Hastings |
| Institution Province: | Nova Scotia |