Records With Access Point "Miramichi River (N.B.)"
33 results found (32 digitized image(s) available).
Andy Morasse photographs
Fonds - 1965, 1968
P17
Andrew Morasse was born in Port Colborne, Ontario, and attended school there and later at Welland. He came to St. Thomas University as a student in Liberal Arts Program in 1965. These photographs were taken during several trips over to the Miramichi for that purpose during the summer of 1968. They were intended and used for a “Miramichi Night”, held October 12th, 1968 at the Town Hall Auditorium in Newcastle, NB.
View of the Miramichi River from Moody’s Point, NB
Item - 1968
P17\50
Looking west from the cemetery of St. Peter and Paul’s Church. The village in the background is Loggieville; (For a similar picture in color see newspaper “SUNDAY VISITOR” for the last Sunday in October, 1968).
View of Newcastle
Item - 1895-1905
P34\8
Possibly taken at Harkins Academy, looking down onto the Queen’s Highway (later King George Highway) and Regent Street at center. The back of St. Mary’s Convent (Roman Catholic) is on the left. The convent was bounded by Queen's Highway (later King George Highway), Regent, Odell and Prince William (now Newcastle Boulevard) Streets. This convent was built in 1895 for the Sisters of Congregation de Notre Dame and it also housed a convent school. It burned 16 February 1924. Newcastle, New Brunswick.
Northwest Miramichi Bridge (wooden highway bridge) under construction
Item - 1900
P34\16
Original steel Intercolonial railway bridge to the right. Excerpt from the Miramichi Advance, June 7, 1900, follows: “A substantial job is evidently to be made of the Northwest Bridge. The piles are driven for the foundations of the two piers on which the ends of the 180 feet trussed span are to rest. Mr. Henry Kelly of Chatham is foreman in charge of the building of the squared birch piers which are to rest on these piles. The chords of the 180 feet truss are of pitch pine, the lower ones weighing about 15 tons each. They are to be the longest and heaviest wood trusses in the Maritime Provinces. The draw is to be in the next span south of the present one. The old piers south of the big truss span are to be taken down to the water’s edge and new work to be put on from that up. The bridge will be practically a new one and cost over $20,000.” – Newcastle, New Brunswick.
Original railway bridge across the Northwest Miramichi River at Fraser's
Item - 1895-1905
P34\18
(Formerly Sinclair’s). The steel bridge crossed two branches of the Miramichi River at Derby Junction near Newcastle. The bridge had 12 spans with 6 on each side of the two branches of the river. Shown here is the branch looking towards Northwest Bridge. With the increasing weight of trains, there was a demand for a stronger bridge. The original railway bridges were dismantled and shipped to Charlottetown P.E.I., which needed a bridge to cross the Hillsborough River. Beginning in September 1904, the spans were reassembled and placed on abutments. One of the spans was replaced with a custom swing span. It lasted in its new location until 1963. Miramichi, New Brunswick.
Small steamer, "Nelson", on the Miramichi River
Item - 1895-1905
P34\23
The Nelson was owned by the Miramichi Steam Navigation Company. In 1893, it was captained by John Peter Bullock until the ship was sold to Sydney, Nova Scotia in 1902. Newcastle, New Brunswick.
River steamboat, "Alexandra", on the Miramichi River
Item - 1902-1905
P34\78
Alexander Rankin Goodfellow was the first captain of the boat in 1902. His son, James S. Goodfellow, succeeded him as captain in the 1920s. The Alexandra could hold 400 passengers and would travel six days
of the week from Red Bank to Escuminac. Newcastle, New Brunswick.
Woman in horse-drawn sled in front of original railway bridge
Item - 1895-1905
P34\111
The steel bridge crossed two branches of the Miramichi River at Derby Junction near Newcastle. The bridge had 12 spans with 6 on each side of the two branches of the river. With the increasing weight of trains, there was a demand for a stronger bridge. The original railway bridge was dismantled and shipped to Charlottetown P.E.I., which needed a bridge to cross the Hillsborough River. Beginning in September 1904, the spans were reassembled and placed on abutments. One of the spans was replaced with a custom swing span. It lasted in its new location until 1963. Miramichi, New Brunswick.
New Intercolonial Railway Bridge-span being floated to position on scow
Item - 1895-1905
P34\113
The original steel bridge crossed two branches of the Miramichi River at Derby Junction near Newcastle. The bridge had 12 spans with 6 on each side of the two branches of the river. With the increasing weight of trains, there was a demand for a stronger bridge. The original railway bridge was dismantled and shipped to Charlottetown P.E.I., which needed a bridge to cross the Hillsborough River. Beginning in September 1904, the spans were reassembled and placed on abutments. One of the spans was replaced with a custom swing span. It lasted in its new location until 1963. Miramichi, New Brunswick.
New Intercolonial Railway Bridge-span floated to position on scow
Item - 1895-1905
P34\114
The original steel bridge crossed two branches of the Miramichi River at Derby Junction near Newcastle. The bridge had 12 spans with 6 on each side of the two branches of the river. With the increasing weight of trains, there was a demand for a stronger bridge. The original railway bridge was dismantled and shipped to Charlottetown P.E.I., which needed a bridge to cross the Hillsborough River. Beginning in September 1904, the spans were reassembled and placed on abutments. One of the spans was replaced with a custom swing span. It lasted in its new location until 1963. Miramichi, New Brunswick
New Intercolonial Railway Bridge-span being floated to position on scow
Item - 1895-1905
P34\115
The original steel bridge crossed two branches of the Miramichi River at Derby Junction near Newcastle. The bridge had 12 spans with 6 on each side of the two branches of the river. With the increasing weight of trains, there was a demand for a stronger bridge. The original railway bridge was dismantled and shipped to Charlottetown P.E.I., which needed a bridge to cross the Hillsborough River. Beginning in September 1904, the spans were reassembled and placed on abutments. One of the spans was replaced with a custom swing span. It lasted in its new location until 1963. Miramichi, New Brunswick.
New Intercolonial Railway Bridge-span being floated to position on scow.
Item - 1895-1905
P34\116
The original steel bridge crossed two branches of the Miramichi River at Derby Junction near Newcastle. The bridge had 12 spans with 6 on each side of the two branches of the river. With the increasing weight of trains, there was a demand for a stronger bridge. The original railway bridge was dismantled and shipped to Charlottetown P.E.I., which needed a bridge to cross the Hillsborough River. Beginning in September 1904, the spans were reassembled and placed on abutments. One of the spans was replaced with a custom swing span. It lasted in its new location until 1963. Miramichi, New Brunswick.
New Intercolonial Railway Bridge-span being floated to position on scow.
Item - 1895-1905
P34\118
The original steel bridge crossed two branches of the Miramichi River at Derby Junction near Newcastle. The bridge had 12 spans with 6 on each side of the two branches of the river. With the increasing weight of trains, there was a demand for a stronger bridge. The original railway bridge was dismantled and shipped to Charlottetown P.E.I., which needed a bridge to cross the Hillsborough River. Beginning in September 1904, the spans were reassembled and placed on abutments. One of the spans was replaced with a custom swing span. It lasted in its new location until 1963.
Train crossing Intercolonial Railway Bridge over Northwest Miramichi River
Item - 1895-1905
P34\121
The steel bridge crossed two branches of the Miramichi River at Derby Junction near Newcastle. The bridge had 12 spans with 6 on each side of the two branches of the river. With the increasing weight of trains, there was a demand for a stronger bridge. The original railway bridge was dismantled and shipped to Charlottetown P.E.I., which needed a bridge to cross the Hillsborough River. Beginning in September 1904, the spans were reassembled and placed on abutments. One of the spans was replaced with a custom swing span. It lasted in its new location until 1963. Miramichi, New Brunswick.
Bridge span from original Intercolonial Railway Bridge being floated on scow
Item - 1895-1905
P34\122
The steel bridge crossed two branches of the Miramichi River at Derby Junction near Newcastle. The bridge had 12 spans with 6 on each side of the two branches of the river. With the increasing weight of trains, there was a demand for a stronger bridge. The original railway bridge was dismantled and shipped to Charlottetown P.E.I., which needed a bridge to cross the Hillsborough River. Beginning in September 1904, the spans were reassembled and placed on abutments. One of the spans was replaced with a custom swing span. It lasted in its new location until 1963. Miramichi, New Brunswick.