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Excerpt from “A Tale of Two Dykes”

Excerpt from “A Tale of Two Dykes”

Transcript: Margaret Kuhn Campbell is a daughter of Peter McNab Kuhn, seventh and last owner of the Cole Harbour dyke. Margaret Kuhn Campbell wrote a book called “A […]
Building the Railway

Building the Railway

A Marion Steam Shovel, used to build the Eastern Railway in Cole Harbour.
Dumping Fill

Dumping Fill

Building the railway involved adding rock to the rail bed, so it would be able to support the railway. Here, a train stops to dump fill into the […]
Steam Shovel

Steam Shovel

A Marion Steam Shovel, used to move earth in course of building the Eastern Railway.
Steam Shovel

Steam Shovel

A Marion Steam Shovel moves earth in the course of building the Eastern Railway.
Lawlor’s Dyke

Lawlor’s Dyke

This stone dyke is traditionally attributed to the Jamaica Maroons who came to Halifax from the Caribbean in 1796. Most left the province in 1800 and resettled in […]