Identifier: abbottsguidetoot00unse (find matches)
Title: Abbott's guide to Ottawa and vicinity
Year: 1911 (1910s)
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Publisher: Ottawa, G.F. Abbott
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16 miles down the river. With the single exception of Quebec, Ottawa is undoubtedly the mostbeautifully situated of any Canadian city. It is surrounded by magnificentnatural scenery, striking from its variety, and not often surpassed in beauty.Standing at the northerly point of Parliament Hill, or, better still, from thetower of the Parliament Buildings, one sees the magnificent Ottawa windingits course from the islands in the far distance at the left, down the ChaudiereFalls, past the great lumbering industries before ones feet, till it flowsunderneath the Alexandra bridge at Nepean Point, then, joined by rhpGatineau river, it passes the pretty little village of Gatineau Point, whence itcontinues its course to meet the St. Lawrence. Bridges across the Ottawa River. The year that saw the initiation of the canal witnessed also ihe com-mencement of the union suspension bridge across the Ottawa river, under thesame Engineer officer. The first arch constructed gave way, and fell into the
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river. The second bridge was built by our old friend Philemon Wright andSons, under contract. Communication with the opposite bank was obtainedby firing a rope from a brass cannon across the channel—240 feet— toChaudiere Island. During construction the chain cables broke, precipitatingworkmen and tools into the channel, and three men were drowned. A woodenbridge was nearly completed when a gale overturned the structure, and it wascarried down the stream. Again another bridge was commenced, and finallycompleted. This stood for twelve years, when it followed in the wake of itspredecessors. Communication was then had by ferry until 1843, when a newbridge was commenced. This bridge was subsequently replaced by a steelbridge, which the great fire of 1900 twisted into a shapeless mass. Thepresent bridge replaced it immediately afterwards. The only other bridgeacross the Ottawa, within the city is the Alexandra Bridge, described on p. 12. Ottawa Today. From a village with a population of

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