GTR Picnic

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Panoramic view of members attending the Grand Trunk Railway Library Association Picnic in 1921.

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After the collapse of the bridge over Rice Lake, and subsequent takeovers, the Cobourg & Peterborough Railway was entirely bankrupt by 1865. The property was reorganized as the Cobourg, Peterborough & Marmora Railway & Mining Company in August 1866. Track was constructed 9 miles (14 km) from the Blairton iron ore mine at Marmora to the Trent River. From there, small steamers moved material south to Trenton, a practice that continued until abandonment of the small line in 1883. By 1877, the parent company was bankrupt again. Looking for sources of income, the Rice Lake to Peterborough section of track was leased to the Grand Junction Railway in July 1880. Reorganization created the Cobourg, Blairton & Marmora Railway & Mining Company in June 1887 that continued to operate the Rice Lake stub to Cobourg (abandoned December 1895). In 1890, the Grand Trunk purchased the property and assumed what little operation remained. This company disappeared as a corporate entity in 1893. The GTR last used the line to store empty box cars after World War One. A subsidiary of the C&PR was the Peterborough & Chemong Lake Railway Company. Established as an eventual extension of the Cobourg & Peterborough in 1857, the first four miles were opened for traffic in 1859. The line was taken over by the GTR in March 1888 and extended the line the remaining four miles by July 1891. Panoramic.

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1921

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