The Brockville and Ottawa Railway ( B&O ) was an early railway incorporated in 1853 by the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada with the financial support of English iron-founders, Bolckow and Vaughan, of Middlesborough, England , who were supplying the iron for the railway. It ran north from the town of Brockville on the Saint Lawrence River to Smiths Falls , Perth , Carleton Place , and Almonte . It was built primarily to serve the timber trade on the Ottawa Valley , short-cutting routes that led into the city of Ottawa, further downstream. The first railway tunnel in Canada, the Brockville Tunnel , was dug in order to allow the B&O to reach the port lands on the south side of the city, which sits on a bluff. In September 1865 the B&O opened for travel to Sand Point near Arnprior on the Ottawa River.
13-1112: Mechanicsville is the name of several localities in North America. Canada [ edit ] Mechanicsville (Ottawa) , a neighborhood in Ottawa, Ontario United States [ edit ] Mechanicsville, Connecticut , census-designated place in Windham County Mechanicsville, Delaware Mechanicsville (Atlanta) , Georgia, a neighborhood Mechanicsville (Gwinnett County, Georgia) , an unincorporated community Mechanicsville, Indiana Mechanicsville, Iowa Mechanicsville, Maryland Mechanicsville, Missouri Mechanicsville, Hunterdon County, New Jersey Mechanicsville, Middlesex County, New Jersey Mechanicsville, Monmouth County, New Jersey Mechanicville, New York Mechanicsville, Pennsylvania (disambiguation) (multiple) Mechanicsville, South Carolina Mechanicsville, Knoxville , Tennessee,
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39-509: A point on Lake Huron to a point on the Ottawa River, a very generous geographical provision to say the least. Even more generous and unusual was a land grant of 12,000 acres for every mile completed by September 1870. This legislated land grant would prove highly contentious as well as potentially valuable. Bolckow and Vaughan acquired the lapsing CCR charter in 1865 in the belief that the land claim attached to that railway had value, and had
52-722: A serious fire affected some high density social housing and the neighbourhood helped the victims of this fire. Prominent landmarks include the Protection of the Holy Virgin Memorial Church and the Embassy of Indonesia . Brockville and Ottawa Railway A second railway company, the Canada Central Railway ( CCR ), was first chartered in May 1861. The Act authorized the company to build from
65-613: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mechanicsville (Ottawa) Mechanicsville is a neighbourhood in Kitchissippi Ward in central Ottawa , Ontario, Canada. It is located to the west of downtown and bordered by the Ottawa River to the north, the O-Train Trillium Line to the east, Scott Street to the south, and Parkdale Avenue to
78-618: Is now known as the Kichi Zibi Mikan , (formerly the Macdonald Parkway) was being developed by the National Capital Commission , large sections of the neighbourhood along the river were expropriated and demolished. While this created green space, the parkway and on and off-ramps at Parkdale Avenue have also created a barrier to the waterfront. In the 1970s and 1980s, expansion of Scott Street, and
91-643: The Great Fire of 1900 . In fact, Mechanicsville was known by that name as early as 1879 when it was shown in Belden's Historical Atlas of Carleton County in Nepean Twp., being part of Lot 36 in Concession A, Ottawa Front. Mechanicsville in 1879 was considerably smaller than the present day Ottawa neighbourhood. Its western boundary was then the present-day Parkdale Avenue. In the 1950s and 1960s, when what
104-595: The Ontario and Quebec Railway (O&Q) at Perth . The O&Q was later abandoned and replaced by a new line running through Belleville . Much of the original B&O and CCR routes remain in active use. CP maintained ownership of the tracks between Smiths Falls and Brockville (known as the CP Brockville Sub ) until November 2015, when Via Rail acquired this section for its Ottawa - Toronto service. This Canadian rail transport related article
117-669: The Assistant Examiner of surveys. The Village of Mechanicsville being part of Lot 36 Concession A of Nepean. The limits were (Burnside) to the north and running down to the Ottawa River at the Sluce cutting; First street on the east (Stonehurst Avenue); Road allowance and the Canada Central Railway to the south (Scott Street); Fifth Street (Parkdale Avenue) to the west. The first modest houses were probably built about 1875. They were of wood balloon frame covered with 1x12 inch planks inside and out with wood or other siding, with
130-675: The Legislature of the Province of Canada extend the time for completion by five years to 1870. The two companies were later merged under the Canada Central name, and continued to push northward to Mattawa . The line was leased by the Canadian Pacific Railway and merged in 1881, and was later extended to North Bay and Sudbury . CP used the original CC routing as their primary access to Ottawa, joining it to
143-710: The development of the Transitway along the old rail line on Scott has served to cut off the area from the area south of Scott, which was at one time, considered part of the Mechanicsville neighbourhood. The area is mostly residential, of wood-frame/wood siding 1900s era homes on grid streets. Along Parkdale Avenue, there are several newer highrise apartment buildings. To the east is an older industrial area along Bayview. The neighbourhood has good bus access and has experienced infilling of town homes in recent years. These include both low- and high-income housing. In 2007,
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#1732771969344156-424: The foundations projecting four inches beyond the edge of the finished frame to take a brick finish as people became able to afford this luxury. The area was annexed to the city of Ottawa in 1911. Some sources suggest that the name Mechanicsville arose after this annexation because it became home to blue collar workers, especially those who worked in the rail yards, or lumber and paper mills who had been displaced by
169-461: The west. East of Mechanicsville is LeBreton Flats , Tunney's Pasture is directly west, and Hintonburg is to the south. The total population of the neighbourhood as of the 2011 Census was 2,205. Plan of subdivision was prepared and certified by Robert Sparks, P.L.Surveyor in 1872, it being the property of Mrs T.M. Blasdel & A.H.Baldwin Esq, and certified as a true copy of plan 35A, 7 June 1976 by
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