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Pacific Press Publishing Company · New York · July 16, 1896

FromAmerican Sentinel, Vol. 11, No. 28

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The Grand Trunk Railway

OF CANADA

AND THE

Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway

Form the GREAT THROUGH LINE to all Points in the West,

AND OFFER TO THE TRAVELING PUBLIC THE ADVANTAGE OF THROUGH TRAINS WITHOUT TRANSFER, AND A VIEW OF

THE ST. CLAIR TUNNEL,

“THE LINK THAT BINDS TWO GREAT NATIONS.”

It is the greatest submarine tunnel in the world, extending from Port Huron, Mich., under the St. Clair River to Sarnia, Ontario, and connecting the Grand Trunk Railway System of Canada with the Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway. It has just been completed at a cost of $2,700,000.

The tunnel proper is a continuous iron tube, nineteen feet and ten inches in diameter, and 6,025 feet, or more than a mile, long. The length of the approaches, in addition to the tunnel proper, is 5,003 feet, making all told a little over two miles.

Trains of the Grand Trunk and Chicago & Grand Trunk Railways are hauled through this tunnel by engines specially constructed for the purpose. They are said to be the largest engines in the world. The entire weight of the engine and tender rests upon ten drive-wheels. The weight of one of these monster engines in actual service is found to be approximately one hundred tons.

N. J. POWER,　　　　　　　　　W. E. DAVIS, G. P. A. Grand Trunk Ry.,　　G. P. & T. A. C. & G. T. Ry., MONTREAL, CANADA.　　　　　　CHICAGO, ILL.

FRANK P. DWYER,

Eastern Passenger Agent, G. T. Ry., 271 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY.