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The Canso Causeway's History and Impact
Location: Canso Canal work site

 
Canso Canal site before concrete walls were formed
1 of 29 		Top: looking south towards Port Hastings village.
2 of 29 		Top: Concrete Plant at Canso Canal work site.
3 of 29 		Sam Embree of Port Hawkesbury
4 of 29 		O.J. McCulloch Ltd.'s office
5 of 29 		Lighthouse at Balhache Point looking across at Cape Porcupine on mainland Nova Scotia.
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Men pushing concrete bucket in place and one of the sets of forms at the bottom of the Canso Canal.
7 of 29 		The swing bridge under construction at the Canso Canal work site
8 of 29 		Underwater blasting was required
9 of 29 		The concrete walls of the Canso Canal were formed and anchored into solid rock
10 of 29 		Project sign for construction of Canso Canal
11 of 29 		Canal site construction showing the Causeway approaching from mainland Nova Scotia
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Site for the Canso Canal
13 of 29 		Workers with the concrete inspectors
14 of 29 		Construction site from the air looking north east
15 of 29 		Building cement walls at the Causeway
16 of 29 		Canso Causeway nearing Cape Breton Island
17 of 29 		Causeway construction at Balhache Point
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