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Location DB > Canada > Ontario > Ottawa > Algonquin College Rideau Campus > Historical Photos > CPROttawaEast.jpg 3 / 7   CPROttawaEast.jpg Description 1915 plan showing roundhouse and trackage in what is now part of the parking lot. An accident occurred in 1906 at this roundhouse. The Ottawa Journal of 10 September 1906 contains the following: "Engine backs through a wall Is now on rocks back of roundhouse. At the Rideau round house of the Candian Pacific railway at Hurdman's Bridge, this morning an engine broke through the back of her stall and almost into the water. The round house is slightly elevated to bring it on a level with the main line tracks and the big engine fell a few feet. She is sitting upright on the rocks and the wrecking crew is jacking her up to put rails under her. The accident happened about 7 a.m. The men had lighted her fires and not noticed that the throttle was slightly open and the lever set off the centre. When steam accumulated it found its way into the cylinders and the engine backed up, plunging through the rear wall. The steam failed before she reached the water." Controls Return to Main Location Page Return to Gallery Overview Edit this Gallery Edit this Picture Subscribe this Picture Comments Posted by airmyles13 1/20/2008 7:07 AM | remove   Wow, how'd you get your hands on a neat ol' newspaper like that? Posted by abacab 1/20/2008 9:35 PM | remove   I'm part of a group of people compiling info on Ottawa's railway history. One of the retired guys is going through old microfilms. If you'd like to add a comment, please login or register. All content and images copyright © 2002-2024 UER.CA and respective creators. Graphical Design by Crossfire. To contact webmaster, or click to email with problems or other questions about this site: UER CONTACT View Terms of Service | View Privacy Policy | Server colocation provided by Beanfield This page was generated for you in 437 milliseconds. Since June 23, 2002, a total of 739559612 pages have been generated.