| Victoria bridge is a major engineering achievement
of the end of the nineteenth century and was completed in
1859. Montreal had then a direct rail link to the United
States and to Eastern Canada. The original bridge was a
closed bridge (a tube), but fumes generated by steam
locomotives created a problem for passengers. Therefore,
is was modified to an open-air bridge as this photo,
taken in 1898, shows. Source: Montreal Museum of
Archeology and History, Pointe-à-Callière, Images of Montreal, Canadian
Metropolis, 1872-1898. |
