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PLEASE, NO invitations or self promotions, THEY WILL BE DELETED. My photos are FREE to use, just give me credit and it would be nice if you let me know, thanks. The industrial era launched with the introduction of the steam engine brought about major social transformations. The countryside emptied itself of its population, while cities became centres of intense economic activity. Montreal’s population grew from 27,000 people in 1831 to 90,000 in 1860. The urban area kept on spreading, so that it was no longer possible to cross the city from one end to the other on foot. This universal phenomenon led the major cities of the world to set up truly collective transit systems. By 1831, both New York and Paris had adopted the omnibus (a Latin word meaning “for all”), a horse-drawn vehicle whose large wheels made it easier to move on often unpaved streets. In Montreal, the first public omnibus link was established in 1848 between Bonaventure Station and the Longueuil ferry landing. This was a brief experiment, and the first large-scale public system – the Montreal City Passenger Railway – was inaugurated in 1861 in the business district. In addition to operating the omnibuses, the company’s mission was to build an urban rail system for horse-drawn streetcars. This was the golden age of horses in Montreal, with thousands of animals in use throughout the city. In 1892 the Montreal Street Railway (which had replaced the Montreal City Passenger Railway in 1886) was the owner of over 1,000 horses, 150 streetcars, 104 sleighs and 49 omnibuses. Electric streetcars, and a policy of removing snow from the streets, brought final obsolescence to the last horse-drawn streetcars, omnibuses and winter sleighs, which were withdrawn from service in 1894. An interesting little fact: the wide-scale use of horses for transportation motivated a Montrealer, Dr McEachran, to fight for recognition of the veterinary’s profession. All the information used with the pictures was taken from information at the Canadian Railway Museum Site. <a href="https://www.exporail.org/en/collections/our-collection/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.exporail.org/en/collections/our-collection/</a> |
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| Author | Dennis Jarvis from Halifax, Canada |
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