Grand Trunk Railway Prescott

Photos by Alan L Brown - Posted June, 2004

Plaque Location

The United Counties of Leeds & Grenville
The Town of Prescott
At the former railway station
on Railway Avenue at St. Lawrence Street

Coordinates: N 44 42.656 W 75 31.472

Plaque Text

The Grand Trunk was incorporated in 1853 to run from Sarnia to Portland, Maine. Although it took over existing lines, new ones had to be built, including sections of the key Toronto to Montréal line completed by the noted English engineering firm of Peto, Brassey, Jackson and Betts in 1856. The Prescott station, built about 1855, is a typical example of the smaller stations erected by this firm for the Grand Trunk Railway. Influenced by English designs, the station is an enduring monument to early Canadian railway enterprise.

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Other Plaques in Prescott
Bytown and Prescott Railway Company 1850
Capture of Ogdensburg 1813
Colonel Edward Jessup 1735-1816
Fort Wellington
The Forwarding Trade at Prescott
Major James Morrow Walsh 1840-1905
Prescott Barracks and Hospital
Sir Richard William Scott 1825-1913

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