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"In the late 1890s and early 1900s the Industrial Cape
Breton<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Cape_Breton> region
was experiencing unprecedented economic growth as a result of multiple coal
mines and two large integrated steel mills having opened. The *Scotia* rail
car ferry that entered service in 1901 was struggling to keep up with the
demands despite operating 24-hours per day year-round. In 1903 an ambitious
proposal was presented to the provincial and federal governments known as
the "Strait of Canso Bridge" detailing a plan to build a 4,370 ft (1,330 m)
steel cantilever bridge <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantilever_bridge> at
the narrowest portion of the strait to carry theIntercolonial
Railway<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercolonial_Railway>'s
main line between Sydney <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney,_Nova_Scotia>
and Truro <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truro,_Nova_Scotia>.[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canso_Causeway#cite_note-cchi-1>
The
span, measuring 1,800 ft (550 m), would have been longer than the Firth of
Forth Bridge <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_Railway_Bridge> and
roughly similar in size to the Quebec
Bridge<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_Bridge>
."
On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 9:21 AM, Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca>wrote:
> Paul,
> just wondering: Did the authorities seriously consider a bridge,
> rather than just the causeway/canal option, in the pre-causeway days?
> Dusan Soudek
>
> On March 27, 2014 at 8:16 AM Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi All
> Today with the high winds and blowing snow I was looking at a few things
> on the Internet and I came across the ice in the eastern North America.
> http://www.natice.noaa.gov/pub/ims/ims_gif/DATA/prvsnow_usa.gif
> In the good old days before the canso causeway this map would have
> looked different - if they had such a map. The Gut of Canso had a
> tremendous tidal flow in and out. Any ice caught up in the flow was soon
> ground up. North West winds like today would push the ice from the Gulf
> down into the south east corner just where the Gut is situated. and out to
> the ocean it would go.
> The result was very little ice in April in the Gulf and.
> no doubt big changes for the rest of nature there.
> Lobsters we know for sure thrived on the new conditions. The extra
> catches were probably worth more than the causeway cost. Tuna also and no
> more exotic fish and ocean things. A whole new world.
> A project with far reaching effects.
> Enjoy shoveling the snow
> Paul
>
>
>
>
--
Rick Ballard
Dartmouth,Nova Scotia, Canada
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default"><span style=3D"font-family:sa=
ns-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;line-height:24px">From Wikipedia (=
=A0</span><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-s=
ize:16px;line-height:24px"><a href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canso_Ca=
useway">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canso_Causeway</a> ) :</span></font></=
div>
<blockquote style=3D"margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class=
=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"><span style=3D"color=
:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px">"I=
n the late 1890s and early 1900s the=A0</span><a href=3D"http://en.wikipedi=
a.org/wiki/Industrial_Cape_Breton" title=3D"Industrial Cape Breton" style=
=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;font-fam=
ily:sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px">Industrial Cape Breton</a><=
span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-h=
eight:24px">=A0region was experiencing unprecedented economic growth as a r=
esult of multiple coal mines and two large integrated steel mills having op=
ened. The=A0</span><i style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font=
-size:16px;line-height:24px">Scotia</i><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font=
-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px">=A0rail car ferry that =
entered service in 1901 was struggling to keep up with the demands despite =
operating 24-hours per day year-round. In 1903 an ambitious proposal was pr=
esented to the provincial and federal governments known as the "Strait=
of Canso Bridge" detailing a plan to build a 4,370=A0ft (1,330=A0m) s=
teel=A0</span><a href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantilever_bridge" ti=
tle=3D"Cantilever bridge" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128)=
;background-image:none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24=
px">cantilever bridge</a><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-s=
erif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px">=A0at the narrowest portion of the st=
rait to carry the</span><a href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercoloni=
al_Railway" title=3D"Intercolonial Railway" style=3D"text-decoration:none;c=
olor:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:1=
6px;line-height:24px">Intercolonial Railway</a><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0=
,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px">'s main lin=
e between=A0</span><a href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney,_Nova_Sco=
tia" title=3D"Sydney, Nova Scotia" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(=
11,0,128);background-image:none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-=
height:24px">Sydney</a><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-ser=
if;font-size:16px;line-height:24px">=A0and=A0</span><a href=3D"http://en.wi=
kipedia.org/wiki/Truro,_Nova_Scotia" title=3D"Truro, Nova Scotia" style=3D"=
text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;font-family:=
sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px">Truro</a><span style=3D"color:r=
gb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px">.</span><=
sup id=3D"cite_ref-cchi_1-1" class=3D"" style=3D"line-height:1em;color:rgb(=
0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif"><a href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cans=
o_Causeway#cite_note-cchi-1" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,1=
28);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap">[1]</a></sup><span style=3D"c=
olor:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px">=A0=
The span, measuring 1,800=A0ft (550=A0m), would have been longer than the=
=A0</span><a href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_Railway_Bridge" tit=
le=3D"Forth Railway Bridge" class=3D"" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:=
rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px;l=
ine-height:24px">Firth of Forth Bridge</a><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);f=
ont-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px">=A0and roughly simil=
ar in size to the=A0</span><a href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_B=
ridge" title=3D"Quebec Bridge" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0=
,128);background-image:none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-heig=
ht:24px">Quebec Bridge</a><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-=
serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px">.</span><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0=
,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:14.833332061767578px"><font size=3D"=
1">"</font></span></div>
</blockquote></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_q=
uote">On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 9:21 AM, Dusan Soudek <span dir=3D"ltr"><<=
a href=3D"mailto:soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca" target=3D"_blank">soudekd@ns.symp=
atico.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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Paul,
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<div>
=A0=A0 just wondering: Did the authorities seriously consider a bridge, =
rather than just the causeway/canal option, in the pre-causeway days?
</div><span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888">=20
<div>
Dusan Soudek
</div></font></span><div><div class=3D"h5">=20
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left:0px" type=3D"cite">
On March 27, 2014 at 8:16 AM Paul MacDonald <<a href=3D"mailto:paulri=
ta2001@yahoo.com" target=3D"_blank">paulrita2001@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:
<br>
<br>=20
<div style=3D"font-size:14pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,He=
lvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif">=20
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,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif">=20
<div>
Hi All
</div>=20
<div>
Today with the high winds and blowing snow I was looking at a few t=
hings on the Internet and I came across the ice in the=A0eastern=A0North Am=
erica.
</div>=20
<div>
<a href=3D"http://www.natice.noaa.gov/pub/ims/ims_gif/DATA/prvsnow_=
usa.gif" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"color:#196ad4">http://www.natice.=
noaa.gov/pub/ims/ims_gif/DATA/prvsnow_usa.gif</span></a>
</div>=20
<div>
=A0In the good old days before the canso causeway this map would ha=
ve looked different - if they had such a map. The Gut of Canso had a tremen=
dous tidal flow in and out. Any ice caught up in the flow was soon ground u=
p. North West winds like today would=A0push the ice from the Gulf down into=
the south east corner just where the Gut is situated. and out to the ocean=
it would go.
</div>=20
<div>
The result was very little ice in April in the Gulf and.
</div>=20
<div>
=A0no doubt big changes for the rest of nature there.
</div>=20
<div>
Lobsters we know for sure thrived on the new conditions. The extra =
catches were probably worth more than the causeway cost.=A0=A0Tuna also and=
no more exotic fish and ocean things. A whole new world.
</div>=20
<div>
A project with far reaching effects.
</div>=20
<div>
Enjoy shoveling the snow
</div>=20
<div>
Paul
</div>=20
</div>=20
</div>=20
</div>=20
</div>=20
</blockquote>=20
<div>
<br>=A0
</div>
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</div></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br><span style=
=3D"font-family:georgia,serif">Rick Ballard </span><br style=3D"font-family=
:georgia,serif"><span style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif">Dartmouth,Nova Sc=
otia, Canada </span><br style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif">
<span style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"></span>
</div>
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