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Railway Bridge

Black and white winter photograph of the railway bridge passing over Sainte-Anne River with its iron structure and stone pillars.

Canadian Pacific bridge, archival photograph.

Source: Library and Archives Canada

The Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade railway bridge was severely damaged by the consequences of the Saint-Alban scree in 1894. As early as the next day following the catastrophe, the Canadian Pacific had dispatched around ten wagons filled with stones to the site in order to strengthen the structure.