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Matching Articles"19th Century" (Total 24)

Railway: The Branch Lines

Although the main line was itself a signal feat of engineering and political optimism, branch lines were also integral to the Newfoundland railway.
Impact of the Newfoundland Railway

The Newfoundland railway impacted the province economically, socially, and politically.
Narrative of the Newfoundland Railway

The history of the railway: The construction period, the Reid family, the Government of Newfoundland, Canadian National Railways, and TerraTransport.
Railway Operations and Equipment

Operations of the Newfoundland railway and the types of equipment that was required.
The Railway and Newfoundland Society

It was anticipated from the first that the railway would transform Newfoundland and its society as a whole.
Newfoundland Railway

The Newfoundland railway operated for a little over a century. From 1882-97 the trains ran over completed portions of a projected trans-insular line.
Reid Descendants

Reid Descendants--Society--Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Web
The Reid Family

Robert Gillespie Reid and his descendants left an imprint on numerous aspects of Newfoundland business, politics and society.
The Reid Lands

Few issues surrounding the Newfoundland Railway attracted as much controversy as the lands grants made under various construction contracts...
The Reid Newfoundland Company

In 1911 P.T. McGrath wrote of the Reid Newfoundland Company that it was 'the biggest paymaster in the Island, bigger even than the government.'
Robert Gillespie Reid

Biography of the patriarch of the Newfoundland Reid family, Robert Gillespie Reid.
Bannerman, Sir Alexander (1788-1864)

Biography of Sir Alexander Bannerman, colonial governor of Newfoundland from 1857-1864.
Musgrave, Sir Anthony (1828-1888)

Biography of Sir Anthony Musgrave, colonial governor of Newfoundland from 1864-1869.
Darling, Sir Charles Henry (1809-1870)

Biography of Sir Charles Henry Darling, colonial governor of Newfoundland from 1855-1857.
Des Voeux, Sir George William (1834-1909)

Biography of Sir George William Des Voeux, colonial governor of Newfoundland from 1886-1887.
Colonial Governors, 1855-1933

About the colonial governors during Responsible government in Newfoundland from 1855-1933.
Blake, Sir Henry Arthur (1840-1918)

Biography of Sir Henry Arthur Blake, colonial governor of Newfoundland from 1887-1889.
Maxse, Henry Berkeley Fitzhardinge (1832-1883)

Biography of Henry Berkeley Fitzhardinge Maxse, colonial governor of Newfoundland from 1832-1883.
McCallum, Sir Henry Edward (1852-1919)

Biography of Sir Henry Edward McCallum, colonial governor of Newfoundland from 1899-1901.
Murray, Sir Herbert Harley (1829-1904)

Biography of Sir Herbert Harley Murray, colonial governor of Newfoundland from 1829-1904.

Matching Articles"19th Century" (Total 24)

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