Herb MacDonald – lisa·èÂíÐã Publishing and Vagrant Press lisa·èÂíÐã Publishing is the largest English-language publisher east of Toronto Mon, 10 Jun 2024 12:55:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 153484567 Cape Breton Railways: An Illustrated History /store/cape-breton-railways-an-illustrated-history.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cape-breton-railways-an-illustrated-history Tue, 04 Jun 2024 11:11:57 +0000 /store/cape-breton-railways-an-illustrated-history.html/cape-breton-railways-an-illustrated-history Cape Breton's rail lines are perhaps best known for their substantial roles in the coal and steel industries-and their decline as those industries faded away. Yet, despite their prominent connections to coal and steel, railways played many other important roles in the life of the Island. From transporting mail and freight to giving Cape Bretoners the ability to travel to and from the Island, they were important to the community culture. This book looks at those railways in the contexts of what was happening on and beyond the Island.Cape Breton's railways were shaped by factors such physical geography, availability of both capital and customers, and the distribution of population and industries. In response to those factors, railway builders and operators often had to make difficult choices and try to deal with factors they could not control.

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