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Tramways Limited
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Another Interurban Railway You have probably heard of the Edmonton Interurban Railway, which operated from Edmonton to St. Albert for only a single year (granted, it began with much greater ambitions than that!). This is not that railway. Tramways Limited was organized in 1913, and had a charter ...
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Edmonton’s McKeen Motor Cars: Interurban Railway Service to Lac La Biche via the Alberta & Great Waterways Railway
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  McKeen Motor Cars and Edmonton Interurban Service to Lac La Biche Near The End The McKeen Motor Car Company
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Dunvegan Rail Yard & Area
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Overview Edmonton, Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway Yard Railway Station   Karl Clark’s Oil Sands Separation Plant (1924-1925) North West Lumber Company Limited Mill Looking Southeast Looking South Looking East Looking Southeast Surrounding Subdivisions Brown Estate Advertising: J...
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Canadian Northern Western Railway Station (Southside – 80th Avenue)
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Overview Edmonton once boasted many beautiful railway stations–the last preserved one is the Canadian Pacific Railway Station near Whyte Ave, and there were three large stations downtown. But did you know that there was once another station in Edmonton’s core, only a block away from t...
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Fire Alarm & Police Call Box Systems in Edmonton
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Introduction Fire Alarm Boxes and Police Call Boxes were once common throughout cities and towns in the developed world. Police Call Boxes may be familiar to many readers through Doctor Who’s T.A.R.D.I.S., which takes The Doctor on his adventures through space and time. Fire Alarm boxes may...
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Low Level Bridge & Area (Circa 1907)
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Ralph Dill Photo of Low Level Bridge and Area (1907 – Looking North) Points of Interest Gold Dredge Low Level Bridge College Avenue School Edmonton Club (MacDonald Drive) Grand View Hotel (100 Street) Imperial Bank (Jasper Avenue & 100 Street) Main Post Office Blowey-Henry Furniture Bui...
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Industrial Exposition Grounds (Rossdale)
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1899 (Looking SE) 1903 (Looking South) 1904 (Looking East) 1905 (Looking East) Sept 1 1905 (Inauguration Day) 1906 (Looking South) EdHGIS: 1907 Fire Insurance Map & Google Earth Imagery  
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10546 125 Street
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1911 2014 Google Streetview EdHGIS: 1914 Fire Insurance Maps & Google Earth Imagery …
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10236 125 Street
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1912 2014 Google Streetview EdHGIS: 1914 Fire Insurance Maps & Google Earth Imagery …
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10548 125 Street
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1912 2014 Google Streetview …
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