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

 
Honourable Lioniel Chevrier and Premier Angus L. Macdonald
1 of 21 		Blast at Cape Porcupine
2 of 21 		'Coyote hole' looking out from inside Cape Porcupine
3 of 21 		John Bush, bulldozer operator
4 of 21 		Closing the gap as the Canso Causeway approached Cape Breton Island at Port Hastings.
5 of 21 		Five of the workmen for T.C. Gorman Ltd. who were the first across
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From Balhache Point lighthouse on Cape Breton Island looking across to Auld's Cove.
7 of 21 		Norwegian vessel Lionne ran into the Canso Causeway
8 of 21 		Cape Porcupine quarry
9 of 21 		Howe 100 ton truck scales and Euclid truck
10 of 21 		120B Bucyrus Erie 6 cubic yard electric shovels and one two and a half yard Lima Diesel Shovel
11 of 21 		Canso Causeway construction project signs
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Rock blasted at Cape Porcupine quarry in Auld's Cove
13 of 21 		Blast at Cape Porcupine as worker walks along newly constructed Canso Causeway
14 of 21 		Hard rock drillers at the Canso Causeway work site.
15 of 21 		Auld's Cove job site ( top).. Bottom Cape Porcupine site from Causeway.
16 of 21 		Harry MacKenzie, Canso Causeway engineer
17 of 21 		Constructing the Canso Causeway
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