Alberta Heritage
by Blair Wainman
Title
Alberta Heritage
Artist
Blair Wainman
Medium
Photograph - Print Photography Hdr
Description
This massive steel trestle over the Oldman River in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada was designed by the Canadian Pacific Railway's bridge department in Montreal. The field work was directed by CPR's Assistant Chief Engineer John Edward Schwitzer. The steel work was manufactured by the Canadian Bridge Company of Walkerville, Ontario. A 100 man gang worked on the erection of the steel. Although there were some initial problems with settlement, the bridge has proved to be an enduring engineering work and is still in use today.
This bridge is the largest railway structure in Canada and the largest of its type in the world.[1] It was built as part of a major diversion of the Crowsnest Pass route between Lethbridge and Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada. The river crossing was previously over a wooden trestle measuring 894 m (2,933 ft) long and 20 m (66 ft) high; an impressive structure in its own right.
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August 24th, 2014
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Comments (8)
Gary F Richards
Outstanding Alberta Heritage composition, lighting, shading, lovely color and artwork! Congratulations on your well deserved Features! F/L
Maria Faria Rodrigues
Congratulations, your amazing photograph is Featured, in the RED MAPLE GALLERY, homepage group, of Fine Art America!
Blair Wainman replied:
Thank you so much for the feature in RED MAPLE GALLERY. It truly is an honour.
Inge Riis McDonald
Beautiful capture of this landmark in Alberta Blair. Congratulations on the feature on the front page of the Canada 150 group.
Teresa Zieba
Beautifully captured heritage Blair. You had nice weather. It was raining hard when we were there.
Blair Wainman replied:
Thanks Teresa! This was the nicest weather I had there...and only for the morning! So as they say...strike while the iron is hot!" Lol!! It worked!
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