History
24 facts
| Date | Statement | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1894-10-19 | Parry Sound car shops located - on Concession street. Likely the larger, more suitable shop structure the company said in March 1894 it would erect 'in another part of the yards' to supplement the Elgin Street shops. | Ottawa Free Press 1894-10-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1894-10-24 | Work commences on the [Parry Sound] car shops [on Concession Street]. | Ottawa Free Press 1894-10-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1895-02-11 | Mr. Simpson of the O.A., & P.S. engineering staff has commenced taking levels on the site of the proposed new workshops, Concession St. | Ottawa Journal 1895-02-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) | |
| 1895-03-08 | May not go on Concession St. There is now a possibility that Mr. Booth may not build the Parry Sound Railway workshops on the proposed site on Concession st. A rumor to that effect was around town, based on the fact that yesterday the negotiations between Mr. Booth and Mr. Thos. Hickey for the sale of 12 acres of land next to the land recently sold to Mr. Booth by his brother Andrew Hickey fell through; Mr. Hickey, it is understood, asked more than Mr. Booth cared to give. It was stated that without the Thomas Hickey property, Mr. Booth would not have enough room for his shops, yards and other purposes, and would be obliged to look elsewhere for a site. | Ottawa Journal 1895-03-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) | |
| 1895-06-05 | Arrangements being made for locating work shops in Archville. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-06-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) | |
| 1895-06-20 | On at the same time: so will go the 'V' and the filling of the C.A.R. car shops. It is learned that the filling in of the main and switch track of the C.A.R. back of the Deep Cut and the workshops that are to occupy the 'V' space that is to be filled in, will go on at the same time. Ordinarily the earth in the space that is to be filled in would be too soft to permit foundations to be laid this summer, but Mr. Booth has decided to pile drive the foundations, and as the space is filled in piles will be driven and the workshops constructed concurrently. There are some fifteen acres to be filled in, to a depth of from 12 to 16 feet; the job will likely take all summer. A large part of the filling will be taken from the canal bank, which has to be cut down to the tops of the piles, a distance of about 12 feet; the material will be carried away on flat cars and dumped in the 'hole' back of the Deep Cut. Nothing is yet definitely known about the size or details of the workshops, but it is certain there will be, instead of one large shop, a number of small ones, used for the manufacture of cars of all kinds and for repairing; the company's roundhouse will also be situated inside the 'V'. The timber for one of the car shops is now lying out on Mr. Booth's property near Concession Street, where it was held in readiness to build if Mr. Booth had secured the Hickey property. | Ottawa Journal 1895-06-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) | |
| 1896-02-15 | Mr. J.R. Booth is drawing a large quantity of stone to the site of the proposed car shops and round house in Ottawa East. The work of constructing the shops will commence in the spring. Filed on the Car Shops entity as the OA&PS shops proposed at Ottawa East; the source says only 'car shops'. | Ottawa Citizen 1896-02-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1896-06-25 | The building of the new shops and round houses of the O.A. & P.S. Ry. at the 'Y' beyond Ottawa East will begin early next month. The ground between the C.A.R and O.A. & P.S. Ry. tracks at the 'Y' comprising nearly ten acres is filled in and all is almost in readiness to begin the building of the shops. The men who were employed on the steam shovel in the excavation of the canal bank were relieved from work yesterday. They numbered about thirty in all. The Ottawa Citizen of 1896-06-26 says only that 'Work on the new workshops and roundhouse of the O.A. & P.S. Railway will be commenced next month.' | Ottawa Journal 1896-06-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1896-06-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1896-07-24 | Mr. J.R. Booth will commence building a round house and car shops at Ottawa East in the course of a couple of weeks. Announcement only. | Almonte Gazette 1896-07-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1897-05-13 | Work on the car shops and roundhouse for the Parry Sound railway at Ottawa East will be commenced within the next two weeks. Announcement only. The roundhouse half of the sentence is held pending a roundhouse entity. | Ottawa Citizen 1897-05-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1897-09-09 | The car shops may also be built at Ottawa East this year, but the freight sheds and round house will be the first to be proceeded with. The rest of the item concerns the roundhouse and freight sheds and is held. | Ottawa Journal 1897-09-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1898-07-13 | The Canada Atlantic railway company have a construction gang at work filling in the hollow at the south of the 'Y' at Ottawa East preparatory to erecting the new car shops. The space being filled in will give an abundance of room for the shops. | Ottawa Free Press 1898-07-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1898-12-14 | The new carshops being built by the C.A.R. and O., A. & P.S. Railway Co. in Ottawa will be one of the largest in existence. It will have a floor space of forty acres. Electricity will be the motive power used in the works. Which of the 1898 shop projects at Ottawa (Ottawa East 'Y', Deep Cut or Elgin Street) is meant is not stated; filed on Car Shops. | Lanark Era 1898-12-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1899-02-24 | The (C.A.R.) company will shortly commence the erection of a large building for the purpose of drying the wood used in the construction of cars. The building will be fitted throughout with a system of hot air pipes. Its dimensions will be about 50x40. No structure entity for the drying building; filed on Ottawa East Roundhouse as part of the same Deep Cut works complex. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-02-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1899-04-29 | Work in the car shops at the Rideau round house is going forward at a brisk pace. The shafting for the machinery is now all set up, and sheeting the exterior of the great building will soon be commenced. On Thursday the first engine for repairs was placed in the building. The hydraulic hoist has arrived and during the past two days the foundation and steel girders for the support of this machine have been set up. ... Yesterday the men were employed setting up an 'eye bolt' cutter. This is a most modern machine, having been patented in 1897. It is the only one of its kind in Canada. 'Rideau round house' / 'Rideau roundhouse' is read as Ottawa East Roundhouse. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-04-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1899-07-05 | The Canada Atlantic railway company, owing to its increasing traffic, will this fall commence the erection of large car shops in addition to those already put up. The new shops will be located near the Rideau roundhouse, where the machine shops and repair works of the company are now situated. The new buildings which have been put up this spring at the foot of Elgin street ... will be discarded after the proposed new structure at Ottawa East is up. ... Work on this will commence in the near future in time for the erection of the shops to start in November and be completed early in the spring. 'Rideau round house' / 'Rideau roundhouse' is read as Ottawa East Roundhouse. Announcement of a plan to move the Elgin street car shops to Ottawa East. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-07-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1900-01-13 | At the car shops all the new machinery has been placed in position. The machinery is run by electricity. The shops have started up again and are turning out three and four box cars a day. At present the shops are busy fitting up the cars to convey the horses of D battery to Halifax. | Ottawa Free Press 1900-01-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1900-07-20 | A very unusual surgical operation was performed the other day in Ottawa. Foreman Tremble, of the C.A.R. machine shops, had one of his eyes penetrated by a piece of steel. His physicians tried an electric magnet on it and drew it out. | Almonte Gazette 1900-07-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1900-08-22 | New Fire Protective Methods are Being Installed - Active Operations. (Ottawa Journal, same date: 'A new fire fighting system similar to that in use in the Booth mills, is being installed in the Canada Atlantic shops.') | Ottawa Citizen 1900-08-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1900-08-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1900-09-08 | At the car shops in Ottawa East everything is quiet. The last of the 1,000 box cars ordered last fall having been completed. Almost all the freight cars are now equipped with air brakes and automatic draw bar. This is a great boon to the brakemen and train hands. | Ottawa Free Press 1900-09-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1901-04-01 | The Governor General's car 'Victoria' has recently been overhauled and re-decorated at the Canada Atlantic shops. The car now presents a fine appearance and has been put in readiness for the summer service. The 'Victoria' was not a Canada Atlantic car; filed on the Car Shops that did the overhaul, per the operator (2026-09-28). | Ottawa Journal 1901-04-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1902-02-08 | Fifteen Hundred Freight Cars are to be Built for the Canada Atlantic At Shops in Ottawa. One Thousand Men will be Employed and Sale of Road will not Affect It. Estimates have been called for by the C.A.R. on lumber, iron fittings and other materials entering into the construction of boxcars. If satisfactory negotiations can be made, work will be started in the spring at the car shops at Ottawa East. Over 1,500 box cars are provided for in the estimates. The daily output ranges from five to ten cars, so that the contemplated contract would keep the shops busy seven or eight months at the least. | Ottawa Citizen 1902-02-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1903-12-10 | Instructing Railroaders. New travelling Car at the Canada Atlantic Car Shops. At the Canada Atlantic shops there is a novel car for the instruction of railway men, the property of the International Correspondence School, one of a system of eight travelling for the purpose of instructing railwaymen. Two lectures per day are given by the gentlemen in charge of the car, which contains a miniature train and all the equipment, including switches, signals etc. The instruction is for those desirous of passing examinations for promotions as engineers and conductors, including the entire mechanism of the locomotive and cars and the code of signals used in railway work. Mr. Edminster, the assistant superintendent for Ontario, is in charge of the car in Ottawa at present. | Ottawa Journal 1903-12-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1920-06-20 | The Ottawa car shops of the Canada Atlantic are building twenty-five platform cars for the St. Anthony Lumber Co. of Whitney. A fifteen mile branch line is also being constructed from Whitney to the Opeongo lakes for the purpose of bringing out logs for the lumber company. The source still calls the shops 'the Canada Atlantic' in 1920, fifteen years after the GTR takeover. | Eganville Leader 1920-06-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |