Blairton Iron Mines
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Drawings
- Notes
- The Cobourg & Peterborough Railway (C&PR) was incorporated in November 1852 by the citizens of Cobourg in hopes of drawing trade to their community from lands north to Peterborough and beyond. Entirely bankrupt by 1865, the property was reorganized as the Cobourg, Peterborough & Marmora Railway & Mining Company in August 1866 to pursue potential local iron ore bodies in the Marmora area. Track was constructed 9 miles (14 km) from the Blairton iron ore mine at Marmora to the Trent River.Blairton possessed the largest iron mine in North America in the 1870s, which was the peak period of iron production in the forty years of its existence,closing down in 1883. This picture was from "Canadian Illustrated News", February 15, 1873, page 100 "The Marmora Mines."
- Publisher
- Canadian Illustrated News
- Date of Original
- c. 1873
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 622-1
- Collection
- Historical Photographs
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 44.45012 Longitude: -77.7662
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- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Contact
- Cobourg Public LibraryEmail:info@cobourg.library.on.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:200 Ontario Street, Cobourg, ON K9A 5P4
