The construction of the Newfoundland railway, 1875-1898
For hundreds of years after its discovery Newfoundland was a fishing community. The lack of an agricultural hinterland produced an environment of isolation, ignorance, poverty and a credit system which tended to produce a stagnant economy, and which was not conducive to industrial development. Howev...
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Memorial University of Newfoundland
1961
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| Online Access: | https://research.library.mun.ca/7298/ https://research.library.mun.ca/7298/1/Cramm_Frank.pdf https://research.library.mun.ca/7298/3/Cramm_Frank.pdf |