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| Date | Statement | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1892-04-14 | Extensive new docks were being erected by the C.A.R. Co. along the Rideau canal, on the west side between Ottawa East and the railway bridges and on the east side from near the Independent Coal company's yard. The docks were intended for the transshipment of lumber on to American barges bound for Whitehall and were to have 900 feet frontage altogether. Some thirty men were engaged in the work of building. | Ottawa Free Press 1892-04-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1892-04-28 | The new wharves which the C.A.R. were erecting along the canal were almost complete. When the rails were laid, cars would be able to be loaded from the barges. | Ottawa Journal 1892-04-28("The new wharves which the C.A.R. are erecting alo...),Ottawa Citizen 1892-04-28("The C.A. Railway company have about completed the...) | |
| 1892-07-22 | Mr. J.R. Booth's large wharf at St. Louis' dam was rapidly approaching completion, extending from Foster's tannery to the centre of the roadway leading to the Experimental farm; the facing was finished and the inside was being filled with gravel. A channel was to be dredged alongside so lumber could be shipped from Booth's yards by boat via the Rideau Canal, and it would also be shipped by rail, as sidings from the C.A.R. were being laid to the wharf. | Ottawa Citizen 1892-07-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |