Baggage Car at Welland Canal Bridge 15, c. 1929

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Title

Baggage Car at Welland Canal Bridge 15, c. 1929

Subject

Baggage car

Description

Black and white photograph of a baggage car at the Welland Canal Bridge 15 swing bridge, c. 1929. Engine 8419 of the New York Central lines broke away from the cars and went into the canal leaving this car hanging several feet over the edge.

Source

Welland Public Library Photo Collection

Date

c. 1929

Rights

Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.

Relation

A contemporary newspaper account of the incident has also been uploaded here: Finally raise big engine from canal depths

Format

Black and white photograph

Language

English

Type

Still image

Identifier

Storage - City of Welland Binder #5 – Railways – WELD-rail-0014

Coverage

Welland

Files

IMG_20221130_0001 (3).jpg

Citation

“Baggage Car at Welland Canal Bridge 15, c. 1929,” Welland Public Library Local History, accessed April 29, 2024, https://omeka.wellandlibrary.ca/items/show/9128.