One of the major problems facing the A.N.D. Company in the beginning was that of transporting its product to the shipping facilities in Botwood. Their solution was to build a railway to Botwood. In 1908 construction began on the Botwood Railway, running between Grand Falls and Botwood. It was a joint effort between the A.N.D. Company and the A. E. Reed Company of Bishops Falls. It was to be the transportation link for the import of coal, sulphur, china clay, and limestone, and the export of pulp and paper from the newly built mill at Grand Falls. Construction of the railway was done by manual labour with picks, shovels, and wheelbarrows. Terrain covered with bogs, hills, and rock cuts were just some of the obstacles these men faced. (At this time, a telephone line was also built from Grand Falls to Botwood). The railway became operational by the fall of 1909. Freight was now picked up in Bishops Falls and shipped by boxcar to Botwood. /////The first engine in use on the Botwood railway
Posted on: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 00:38:20 +0000
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