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| Date | Statement | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. Filed on Ottawa East Roundhouse at the maintainer's direction; the source calls it the C.A.R. Company's (or the Parry Sound railway's) roundhouse at Ottawa East / 'the Y'. Announcement only; the car shops half is filed on Car Shops. | Ottawa Citizen 1897-05-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1897-09-09 | Work will begin on the round house at the 'Y' next week, and will be pushed forward with all the speed possible. As has been stated in the Journal previously, this work has been compelled to stand over until the extensive elevator, docks etc. at Depot Harbour were completed, or far enough advanced to allow the company to undertake other works. Mr. Mountain, chief engineer, is now working on the plans for the round house. The Journal learns that the round house will have stalls for the accommodation of at least twenty engines. Filed on Ottawa East Roundhouse at the maintainer's direction; the source calls it the C.A.R. Company's (or the Parry Sound railway's) roundhouse at Ottawa East / 'the Y'. Announcement only. | Ottawa Journal 1897-09-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1897-09-10 | Work on the construction of the C.A.R. Company's roundhouse at Ottawa East will likely be commenced in the course of a few days. (The Ottawa Free Press of the same date adds that it 'will accommodate about thirty engines.') Filed on Ottawa East Roundhouse at the maintainer's direction; the source calls it the C.A.R. Company's (or the Parry Sound railway's) roundhouse at Ottawa East / 'the Y'. Announcement only. The Free Press gives thirty engines; the Journal of 1897-09-09 gives at least twenty. | Ottawa Citizen 1897-09-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1897-09-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1897-09-11 | Work on a new roundhouse for the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway was commenced at the 'Y' in Ottawa East yesterday. The building will be of stone brick and iron. (Ottawa Journal, same date: 'Work is now progressing on the new round house of the C.A.R. at the Y.') Filed on Ottawa East Roundhouse at the maintainer's direction; the source calls it the C.A.R. Company's (or the Parry Sound railway's) roundhouse at Ottawa East / 'the Y'. 'Yesterday' is relative to the issue date. | Ottawa Citizen 1897-09-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1897-09-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1897-10-05 | Work on the C.A.R. roundhouse in Ottawa East is being carried on in a rapid manner. About 60 men are employed. Filed on Ottawa East Roundhouse at the maintainer's direction; the source calls it the C.A.R. Company's (or the Parry Sound railway's) roundhouse at Ottawa East / 'the Y'. | Ottawa Citizen 1897-10-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1897-10-18 | Work on the construction of the new C.A.R. roundhouse in Ottawa East is progressing rapidly. Filed on Ottawa East Roundhouse at the maintainer's direction; the source calls it the C.A.R. Company's (or the Parry Sound railway's) roundhouse at Ottawa East / 'the Y'. | Ottawa Citizen 1897-10-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1898-04-24 | The new round house of the Canada Atlantic and the O.A. & P.S. railway at Ottawa East is a structure which deserves special mention in its class. The house is built of the best pine and tamarack timber, is shaped like a crescent, the hollow part facing north-westward and is situated in a V shaped area formed by the junction of the O.A. & P.S. with the C.A.R. ... The building is capable of containing nineteen engines at once. Immediately outside the structure at the entrance is a large turntable ... One of these pits is called a 'drop pit' as it is so constructed that as soon as a locomotive enters the whole wooden structure forming the pit can be lowered. The building was not yet painted and was to be bricked around on the inside. | Ottawa Free Press 1898-04-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1898-11-22 | Double bricking the round house has been completed. On account of the inconvenience arising from the lack of space in the roundhouse, five new arches will shortly be erected, making accommodation for a few more engines. The rest of the item concerns the yards, coal chute and shops at Deep Cut and is held. | Ottawa Free Press 1898-11-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1899-02-07 | Work on the new Canada Atlantic shops at the deep cut will be recommenced this week. The heating apparatus has arrived and is being put in place. The furnace and heating plant is the largest of its class in Canada ... It will heat the round house, the car shops and the boiler makers apartments. ... Nineteen engine pits will be furnished with heat in this manner. 'Rideau round house' / 'Rideau roundhouse' is read as Ottawa East Roundhouse. The item covers the round house, car shops and boiler shop together; filed on the round house as the building named first and the one the heat plant chiefly serves. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-02-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1899-03-11 | During the past week the new Canada Atlantic work shops at the Deep Cut have been the scene of some extensive work. ... The staff of men has been increased in the new buildings and the erection of four lines of shafting for the purpose of operating the great machines in the shops has begun. ... The Big Steam Hammer. The foundation of the immense steam hammer is being built ... The machine will be 16 feet high, and the hammer, which will weigh 12,000 lbs., will have a striking capacity of 50 tons. ... In the Rideau Round house everything presents a very busy appearance. ... Mr. Booth has decided to equip the buildings at the Elgin street depot with a similar apparatus at a cost of $3,000. A new floor has been placed in the round house ... Mr. Booth has announced his intention of placing five new stalls in the round house when spring opens. 'Rideau round house' / 'Rideau roundhouse' is read as Ottawa East Roundhouse. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-03-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1899-07-15 | One of the most extensive schemes which has ever been announced in Ottawa by the Canada Atlantic railway company was started last week. ... the big steam shovel ... was brought down and placed in the company's pit at Hawthorne, where it will be used to take out gravel for the filling in of the piece of property known as the 'Gully,' situated at the Rideau round house. Work will be carried on night and day until completed. It is the intention of Mr. Booth, as soon as the gully is filled, to move the car shops which have been erected at the Elgin street depot over to the new property and there permanently situate them. Each building will be taken across the canal in sections. ... A new building of large dimensions is to be used for the finishing and polishing of fine railway coaches, will be built at the Rideau round house. 'Rideau round house' / 'Rideau roundhouse' is read as Ottawa East Roundhouse. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-07-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1899-08-05 | The work of filling in the gully at the Rideau yards is progressing favorably and quite an embankment of earth has been made along the eastern side of the curved Parry Sound tracks which bound the gulch on one side. According as the embankment is extended tracks will be laid along its outer edge and on these the loaded ballast trains will run and the earth will be continually dumped on the outer side extending the embankment till the whole gully has been filled. 'Rideau round house' / 'Rideau roundhouse' is read as Ottawa East Roundhouse. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-08-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1899-08-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1899-08-25 | The men in the C.A.R. railway company's Ottawa East car shops and round house in Ottawa East, are very busy at present. Work has commenced on the addition to the round house, made necessary by the increased traffic. This building when completed will provide accommodation for eleven engines: the present building houses nineteen. ... Workmen are also busy installing a system of incandescent lighting in the round house. ... About three hundred men are employed in the roundhouse and shops. 'Rideau round house' / 'Rideau roundhouse' is read as Ottawa East Roundhouse. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-08-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1899-09-01 | Building operations on the large addition being erected at the C.A. railway round house are being pushed ahead rapidly. All the nine pits have been dug and the foundation timbers are being laid. Lumber is on the ground and work will be commenced on the frame in the course of a week. The six new locomotives already received at the Ottawa East round house from the Baldwin iron works, Philadelphia, have been fitted up by an expert sent ahead from the works. The six have been given their trial run and found satisfactory. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-09-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1899-09-09 | The work on the new round house is being rushed so as to have it ready by this fall. The present round house is not large enough to contain the engines now on the road. The new addition will provide accommodation for nineteen engines. The shops are busy turning out new cars and have enough work on hand to keep them busy for the entire fall and winter. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-09-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1899-09-23 | The superstructure of the addition to the round house is now being erected and it is expected it will be completed by the first of November. | Ottawa Free Press 1899-09-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1899-10-07 | Work is progressing favorably on the large extension being built to the C.A. railway round house. All the ten engine pits have been completed, and the foundation timbers put in place. Six fire walls are being built, running the full length and height of the building. ... A jetty has also been built at the coal chute near the end of the deep cut. This will accommodate the city fire engines. ... A new turret lathe has just been installed in the machine shop. ... The C.A.R. is rebuilding the old Parry Sound Colonization Railway cars that stood for a long time on the north side of the canal. They will be used to store supplies, etc. These cars are the pioneer ones of the road. | Ottawa Citizen 1899-10-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1900-01-13 | The work on the new round house has been completed. The filling in at Ottawa East and the extension of the yards has been suspended until the spring. | Ottawa Free Press 1900-01-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |