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 S & O Railway - Vernon, BC Posted by:  T0SHEA
N 50° 15.856 W 119° 16.132
11U E 338297 N 5570476
A large mural dealing with the S & O Railway and its engineer C.E. Perry appears on the north side of the Investors Group Building to the south of the old CNR depot on 29th Street. This sign is affixed to the mural.
Waymark Code: WMMC3Z
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 08/29/2014
Views: 1
Shuswap and Okanagan Railway
Between 30th & 31st Avenue on 29th Street
C.E. Perry was chief engineer during construction of the Shuswap and Okanagan Railway, (1890-1892). "...all the grading was done with a pick and shovel, wheelbarrow and horse scrapers, and dynamite for the rock cuts... the engine, followed by one antiquated passenger coach, a mail and express car and a caboose, and about once a week with a freight car hitched on behind, would leave for its leisurely journey down the valley."
C.W. Holliday
From the Sign on the Mural
Group that erected the marker: City of Vernon
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
2899 30th Avenue
Vernon, BC Canada
V1T 8G1
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