Cobourg and District Images

German Workers building the Harwood Train station

Description
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Photographs
Description
The workers pictured here are predominately German.
Notes
14 German labourers on the rail line's construction died in 1854 of cholera and were buried one mile south of the village of Harwood on Harwood Road.
Date of Original
c.1854
Subject(s)
Local identifier
385-29
Collection
Historical Photographs
Geographic Coverage
  • Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 44.13342 Longitude: -78.18282
Copyright Statement
Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
Contact
Cobourg Public Library
Email:info@cobourg.library.on.ca
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200 Ontario Street, Cobourg, ON K9A 5P4

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