Report and documents in reference to the Canadian Pacific Railway, Sandford Fleming, C.M.G., Engineer-in-Chief: 1880
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Report and documents in reference to the Canadian Pacific Railway, Sandford Fleming, C.M.G., Engineer-in-Chief: 1880
Author: Fleming, Sandford (Sir), 1827-1915. (author)
Year: 1880
Fleming, Sandford (Sir): 1827-1915. Born and educated as surveyor and engineer in Scotland; became engineer for Northern Railway, 1845; chief engineer of Intercolonial Railway during its construction; engineer-in-chief of surveys for CPR, 1871-1880; proponent of 24-hour-per-day system of time reckoning and intra-imperial system of cable communication; created C.M.G. (1877), K.C.M.G. (1897); charter member of Royal Society of Canada, 1882; chancellor of Queen's University, 1880-1915; director of HBC and CPR for some years (Wallace, Dictionary of Canadian biography ). // "Explorations in northern British Columbia and Peace River district"; "Explorations in the prairie region"; "The railway route west of Red River"; "Surveys and explorations in the Woodland region"; "Construction"; "Rolling stock"; "General services"; "Contracts"; "The Pacific railway telegraph"; and Appendices 1-24. Fleming's report is addressed to Sir Charles Tupper, then Minister of Railways and Canals.
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