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The Industry Village and Rawdon Railroad(1852-1856) |
Yes, the Village of Rawdon was served by, and later abandoned by, at least two different railways in two different centuries. Read here some articles about Rawdon's first railway and its flamboyant president Jedediah Hubbell Dorwin after whom Rawdon's Dorwin Falls is named:
Industry Village and Rawdon Railroad opening Date (Dec. 4, 1852) Uncovered March 1960 The Cheapest Railway in the World by Glenn F. Cartwright (coming soon!) Gazette report of the opening of the Industry Village and Rawdon Railroad (December 8, 1852) Annual Report for 1852-53 Lavallée, Omer. (1990, janvier-février-mars-avril). Le chemin de fer de Joliette et de Rawdon Le rail minature. 23-24.
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The rails from Rawdon Junction (intersecting with the Great Northern Railway of Canada) were completed south to St. Jacques (4 miles) on November 3, 1909. Less than a year later, on September 7, 1910, rails had reached from Rawdon Junction north to Rawdon (4.7 miles). Considering the ill-fated Industry Village and Rawdon Railway of the 1850s, this was the second time in two different centuries that Rawdon had been reached by railway. Canadian Northern Quebec Railway Company, and its predecessor the Chateauguay and Northern Railway, later became Canadian National Railways.
Articles
- Excursion to Rawdon by Glenn F. Cartwright, Photos by Doug Brown [October 2005]
- Montcalm Mornings by Glenn F. Cartwright [April, 2003]
- Derailments on the Rawdon Line by Glenn F. Cartwright [December, 2001]
- Moreau Street Station by Glenn F. Cartwright [August, 2001]
- Rawdon's Twelve Railway Plans by Glenn F. Cartwright [September, 2000]
- Electric Trains to Rawdon by Glenn F. Cartwright (December, 1999)
- The Rawdon Subdivision by Glenn [F.] Cartwright (December, 1965)
- Trip No. 20 - C.R.H.A. News Report No. 60 [October 1955]
- Rawdon-St. Julienne line - to Cordon Road, showing the railway line and highway routes 25/337 to Rawdon
- Rawdon area - showing both Rawdon-St. Jacques and Joliette-St. Jerome lines. (Date unknown)
- Great Northern Railway of Canada, Montcalm Station (Joliette-St. Jerome)
- Ste-Julienne Station (date unknown, photographer unknown)
- Chateauguay and Northern Railway
- Canadian Northern Quebec Railway Co., Rawdon Station, date unknown
- Canadian Northern Quebec Railway Co., Rawdon Station, 1912
- Canadian National Railways, Rawdon Station, 1924 (?)
- Canadian National Railways, Rawdon Station, 1963 - (Photo by Robert Halfyard)
- Joliette Station, 1957 (Photographer: Boivin Image No.: CN001080 CSTMC/CN Collection
- Joliette Station, 2001 (Photo by G. Cartwright)
- Joliette Station Interior, April 30, 1957 (Photographer: Boivin Image No.: CN001085 CSTMC/CN Collection)
Letter from J.
Norman Lowe, Canadian National Railways (May 6, 1966)
- 1895 - Montcalm - St. Jerome
- 1913 St. Jacques Jct. - Rawdon
- 1944 Cover
- 1944 Montreal-l'Ephanie-Rawdon (see Refererence Marks)
- 1944 Joliette-Rawdon Junction-St. Jerome
- 1944 Montreal-Joliette-Rivière à Pierre
- 1944 Montreal-Joliette-Rivière à Pierre (enlarged top half of table)
- 1944 Reference Marks
- 1948 Rawdon Subdivision, CNR Employee Time Table #16 (June 20, 1948)
- CNR Joliette bridge, 1923, from l'Actualité
- Fire at Copping's Mill, Joliette
