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Metadata
Accession # |
A2017.8 |
Title |
Palmerston railway photographs, research notes, and publications, ca. 1915-2002. |
Date |
Circa 1915-2002 |
Description |
Palmerston railway photographs, research notes, and publications, ca. 1915-2002. File 1: Railway photographs, ca. 1947-2002. [ STACKS ] Most of the photographs listed below had been stored in sticky "magnetic" photograph album pages [removed for conservation purposes]. These early images may have been taken by William Alfred Morley (1886-1965) of Palmerston, who worked on the railway, or by his son, Mervyn Alfred Morley (1927-2011) who may have also worked on the railway. Photographs are black and white unless otherwise noted. - ph 49134: Ten men posed in the snow by a railway snow plough, March 1947. From page identified as "Dobbinton / Derailment / Left Side". An accompanying piece of paper gives further description. It identifies it as "Derailment / 1947 Snowstorm / Location Owen Sound Sub. Between mileage 43.94 Dobbinton and / mileage 49.6 Tara" in Bruce County. According to the notes, this image depicts a, "snow plow sitting on the edge of a farmer's field. Sitting on the boiler of the locomotive Bun Morley, standing by the smoke stack, Geo. Lovell, [Elroy Stephenson], Matty Matthews, Gordon McCallum, engineer. Left side in front of Bun Morley, Red English, Gord Ruller, Ed Weiss…". - ph 49097: Clarence Lambier of Palmerston, seated upon a railway car or locomotive that has been almost entirely covered in snow, March 1947. Lambier worked for the Canadian National Railway. This image from page titled "Snow Storm 1947 / Durham Sub. / Mt Forest. Ont." - ph 49098 - ph 49099: Steaming train almost entirely covered with snow, as seen from atop the train, March 1947. From page titled "Snow Storm 1947 / Durham Sub. / Mt Forest. Ont." - ph 49100: Looking over a snowbank towards steam locomotive almost entirely covered in snow, March 1947. From page titled "Snow Storm 1947 / Durham Sub. / Mt Forest. Ont." - ph 49101: People standing atop snowbanks and atop locomotive or snow plough, almost entirely covered with snow, March 1947. - ph 49102: Winter landscape with a steaming train almost completely covered in snow, March 1947. Telephone poles or hydro poles at right. - ph 49103: Ella Lambier of Palmerston standing beside a train that is almost completely covered in snow, March 1947. Number visible behind her, "5586". Ella was the wife of CNR railwayman, Clarence Lambier. - ph 49104 - ph 49105: Lomomotive 5606 stuck in the snow, March 1947. From page labeled "Durham Sub. / Mt. Forest". - ph 49106: Man smiling from window of Locomotive 5580, which is almost engulfed in snow, March 1947. From page labeled "Durham Sub. / Mt. Forest". - ph 49107: Locomotive or train engulfed in snow, March 1947. From page labeled "Durham Sub. / Mt. Forest". - ph 49108: Men with shovels standing in the snow, watching a steaming trail or rail snow plough make its way down the tracks, March 1947. From page labeled "Snow Storm 1947 / Opening the Durham Sub. / Closed for 10 Days". - ph 49109: Men posed on a snow pile in front of a snow-covered, steaming locomotive, March 1947. From page labeled "Snow Storm 1947 / Opening the Durham Sub. / Closed for 10 Days". - ph 49110: Eleven men with shovels, many atop a snow pile near the same height as a nearby almost submerged telephone pole, digging out a train, March 1947. From page labeled "Snow Storm 1947 / Opening the Durham Sub. / Closed for 10 Days". - ph 49111: Man speaking with engineer through window of a train, March 1947. From page labeled "Snow Storm 1947 / Opening the Durham Sub. / Closed for 10 Days". - ph 49112: Four men digging something dark out of the snow, March 1947. From page labeled "Snow Storm 1947 / Opening the Durham Sub. / Closed for 10 Days". - ph 49113: Man standing atop a train that is almost completely submerged in snow, while another with shovel, at right, stands atop a snow pile beside it, March 1947. From page labeled "Snow Storm 1947 / Opening the Durham Sub. / Closed for 10 Days". - ph 49114: Looking down a stuck railway snow plough towards a group of people attempting to dig it free from the snow, March 1947. From page labeled "Snow Storm 1947 / Opening the Durham Sub. / Closed for 10 Days". - ph 49115: Railway snow plough with steam coming from at least two engines, March 1947. From page labeled "Snow Storm 1947 / Opening the Durham Sub. / Closed for 10 Days". - ph 49116: Snow-covered field with approaching railway snow plough, March 1947. From page labeled "Durham Sub". - ph 49117: Looking across a snow-covered field and partially submerged fence post towards a wall of powdered snow being kicked up by an approaching railway snow plough whose steam is visible behind the wall of snow, March 1947. From page labeled "Durham Sub". - ph 49118: Passing railway snow plough kicking up a wake of powdered snow, March 1947. From page labeled "Durham Sub". - ph 49119: View from atop a train, looking down the train, past steam, March 1947. Two men visible on snow on the ground at right. Snow-covered rural landscape in background. From page labeled "Durham Sub". - ph 49120: Looking down along a train surrounded by deep banks of snow, March 1947. From page labeled "Durham Sub". - ph 49121: Group of nine men digging a train free of snow, March 1947. From page labeled "Durham Sub". - ph 49122: Joe Morley (back) and Dennis Morley (front) of Palmerston, as children, posed with steam locomotive 5584, ca. 1960. From page labeled "Joe and Dennis". - ph 49123: Joe Morley (left) and Dennis Morley (right) of Palmerston, as children, posed with a steam locomotive, ca. 1960. Labelled in album as "Joe & Dennis / Morley". From page labeled, "Locomotives going to / the scrap yard. These / locomotives served for / 40 years, some more." - ph 49124: Dennis Morley of Palmerston, as a boy, posed on the tracks in front of a steam locomotive, ca. 1960. Labelled in album as "Dennis Morley". From page labeled, "Locomotives going to / the scrap yard. These / locomotives served for / 40 years, some more." - ph 49125: Postcard with photograph of the Palmerston Railway yards seen from the pedestrian bridge, ca. 1950. Railway station and platform at right. Multiple tracks with parked trains, with railway round house visible at upper left, and tall coal chute building at upper centre. Inscribed in pencil on reverse, "Grand Truck [sic] - Palmerston / Prior to CNR". Image labeled in album, "Grand Trunk Railway - later the / Canadian National / Roundhouse, watertower, Service track / and Coal Chute". Page labeled at base, "Grand Trunk RR / Palmerston, Ont. / Business Car". - ph 49126 - ph 49127: Colour photographs of Palmerston Railway Station, seen from the tracks in winter, ca. 1980. Building has been covered in red insul brick. Sign above bay window reads, "CN PALMERSTON". - ph 49128 - ph 49129: Colour photographs of views looking south down the site of the old Palmerston railway yards, ca. 2002. Pedestrian bridge and railway station building visibl ein background. Steel beams [railway tracks?] have been arranged in a group on the ground. Some other nearby buildings visible. - ph 49130: Colour photograph of the view looking west past pedestrian bridge, across railway tracks, towards boarded-up Palmerston Railway station building, ca. 2002. Blue porta-potty [toilet] located beneath bridge, beside a gravel road or trail. - ph 49131: Colour photograph of a detail of the stairs and part of the metal truss pedestrian bridge at Palmerston, ca. 2002. - ph 49132: Colour photograph of a detail of a model train diorama showing steaming locomotive at a station, with figures standing on the platform beside it, ca. 1990. A street with parked yellow sports car and picket fence in foreground. Labeled in album, "Engine 5250 / model of a passenger engine / used on 172-175 Palmerston / to Toronto". - ph 49133: Colour photograph of Canadian National Railway locomotive 5588 on display at Dieppe Park in Windsor, Ontario, ca. 2005. It is located on a grassy area and is enclosed by a short cast-iron fence. High rise buildings of Detroit, Michigan, visible in background. Label in the album describes it as, "Engine 5588 / CN Lomomitive sitting in / a park on Windsor's Water / Front. (run through Palmerston)". According to a 2012 post on the website of the Canadian Transportation Museum, this locomotive "was found at the CN Railyards in London Ontario by members of the Canadian Transportation Museum in 1961. The museum members remember that about 75 steam locomotives were there ready to be busted up and turned into scrap. Three engines were available for sale (engine 5588, its twin and one more larger engine). The group negotiated a price of approxmiately $3500. The members…arranged to transport the steam engine to Windsor, have it restored, created a campaign to raise funds to pay for its permanent mounting on display in Dieppe Park…". The locomotive is known locally as "The Spirit of Windsor". File 2: Maps by Mervyn Alfred "Bun" Morley (1927-2011), 1997-1998. [ MC82 ] - MAP 3024: Hand-drawn black ink on onionskin paper map titled "Palmerston Yard" drawn by Mervyn Alfred "Bun" Morley, 1998. It depicts several lines of railway tracks, railway buildings, and nearby streets in Palmerston, Ontario. Identified buildings include a club house, sheds, offices, round house, coal chute, weigh scale, stock pens, railway sattion, bunk house, Queen's Hotel, water tower, and mill. Inset map at lower right identifies the planing mill, stock pens, creamery, Wald's Produce and neighbouring buildings. Signed and dated lower right, "M Morley / 1998". 30.4 x 35.6 cm. - MAP 3025: Hand-drawn black ink on onionskin paper map titled "Palmerston Early 1900's" drawn by Mervyn Alfred "Bun" Morley, 1998. It depicts downtown Palmerston, Ontario, focussing on the area between Norman Street and William Street. Main Street depicted vertically at right. Areas of bush, swamp, fields, and sand pits are indicated, as well as railway tracks and roads. Locations of buildings are shown and most have been identified. They include the pork processing plant, slaughter house, pens, trunk factory, malt factory, coal shed, Watt's Mill, the Creamery, Nurse's Auto Show Room, the planing mill, Saw mill, and section shanties. Signed and dated lower right, "M. Morley / 1998". 30.4 x 35.4 cm. - MAP 3026: Hand-drawn black ink on paper map, tinted with pencil crayon, drawn by Mervyn Alfred "Bun" Morley, 1997. It is untitled, but depicts past and present railway lines through an area of southwestern Ontario from London north to Colpoys Bay, and from Lake Huron east to Fergus. Palmerston is at the approximate centre of the map. Each railway stop is labeled, and stations depicted, mostly as nondescript single-storey buildings, but more elaborate buildings are shown at Palmerston, London, Hanover, and Owen Sound. Land has been coloured green, major towns highlighted in yellow, and county names highlighted in blue. Southampton light house, sailboats, and a ship are depicted in Lake Huron. A ship appears docked at Owen Sound. Signed and dated lower right, "Bun Morley / 1997". 42.4 x 35.5 cm. - MAP 3027: Hand-drawn black ink on paper map, tinted with pencil crayon, drawn by Mervyn Alfred "Bun" Morley, ca. 1997. It includes two maps, one titled "Hanover 1940-1950" at the top of the page, and one titled "Fergus 1940-1950" on the lower half of the page. The top map of Hanover, Ontario, shows the Saugeen River running through town, railway tracks, streets, and the shape and location of several buildings. These include the Canadian National Railway station, Knechtel Lumber Mill, Knechtel Furniture manufacturing, William Knechtel and Sons Flour, Spietz Furniture, and Teppler Furntiure. Ink drawing at upper right of a building, coloured with brown pencil crayon, is identified as "Grand Trunk Station Replaced 1907," presumably in Hanover. The Lower map of Fergus, Ontario focussing on the Beatty Brothers factory on Hill Street [mislabeled as "Mill St" on the map] and the railway lines that ran near to it. Other identified streets include [St.] George Street and Breadalbane Street. Identified buildings include the Beatty Brothers factory, freight sheds, Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Tweddle Chick Hatchery, stock yards, water tower, and the Canadian National Railway Station. Below this map is a pen and ink drawing of a railway station, coloured in with brown pencil crayon. Beneath it is inscribed in captital letters in ink, "Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railway First Train / into Fergus. Sept. 13, 1870. The station was / destroyed by fire. New station built 1902. / The old station was removed in 1982 / Served the town for 80 years." Not signed or dated. 42.4 x 35.5 cm. File 3: Morley family documents, 1915-1957. [ MU 1351 ] - item 1: Photocopy of the World War I attestation paper of William Alfred Morley (1886-1965) of Palmerston, October 1915. He lists his next of kin as his mother, "Mrs. William Morley" of Palmerston. 2 pages. - item 2: Canadian National Railway pass issued to freight shed foreman, "W. A. Morley & wife" to allow passage "over entire system" for the years 1946-1947. It is a yellow card, 6.3 x 10.2 cm, laminated on the front side, and includes identity photographs of both William Alfred Morley and his wife. Parital embossed seal over both photographs. On reverse are the conditions of use. Signature area left blank. - item 3: Canadian National Railway pass issued to freight foreman, "W. A. Morley and Wife" for passage over the "entire system" for the years 1956-1957. Lines include the Canadian National Railway, Grand Trunk Western Railroad, Central Vermont Railway, and the Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway. It is an orange card, 6.4 x 10.2 cm, laminated on both sides. Signatures of D. Gordon and J. Donoghue[?]. On reverse are conditions of use, with signature area left blank. - item 4: Photocopy of a drawing of the Pamerston railway buildings and walking bridge titled "Palmerston Landmark" by Mervyn Alfred "Bun" Morley, ca. 1997. - item 5: Photocopy of a drawing of a train titled "The Last Days of the Steam Trains out of Palmerston" by Mervyn Alfred "Bun" Morley, signed and dated "Bun Morley / Apr. 1997". File 4: Palmerston research notes, ca. 1920-1990. [ MU 1351 ] - item 1: Photocopy of four typed pages, anonymous but possibly written by Mervyn Alfred Morley (1927-2011), relating to railway employees and locomotives from Palmerston, Ontario, ca. 1990. Page titled "Locomotives / Palmerston Roundhouse" lists the four-digit locomotive numbers under their type, e.g. "10 wheelers", with a blurb about locomotives. The other three pages list railway employees in Palmerston under headings such as "Conductors & Brakemen", and notes where employees died on the job. - item 2: Unidentified newspaper clipping titled "Highway 6: Hamilton to Owen Sound via Fergus, Mount Forest, and Durham", ca. 1920. It describes the state of the road from those locations. Pasted to a sticky "magnetic" photo album page with a typed transcription of the article; photocopy only retained. - item 3: Photocopy of a typed poem titled at top of first page, "The Old Iron Bridge / By the late Cecil Peavoy" ca. 1990. The rhyming poem recounts the author's memories of childhood growing up in Palmerston, Ontario. It touches on the railway pedestrian bridge, the reckless fun of boys, chewing tar in lieu of bubble gum, trains and railwaymen, games of hide and seek, jumping over hornets' nests, pulling pranks at Hallowe'en, playing shinny on the frozen pond using frozen horse manure as a hockey puck, and having hot cocoa by the fire with friends. 6 pages. File 5: Publications, 1945-1997. - item 1: Palmerston Observer, Volume XII, Issue 45, 10 May 1945. 6 pages. Includes obituaries of Barbara Close, James Wait, Mary Helen Carr, and Corrine MacArthur. [STACKS] - item 2: Membership directory, 1986, titled "Palmerston United Church / 251 James Street / Palmerston, Ontario / Centennial / of / Church Ediface / 1886-1986." Unpaginated. Includes minister's message by Rev. Kennth S. Tanner, and listing of members of the congregation, choirs, boards of elders, stewards, and trustees, and Sunday School students. Illustrated with photographs throughout. Members names, addresses and telephone numbers listed in last pages. Paper cover, coil bound. Cover includes colour illustration of the church by local artist, Brian Dalton. Sticker at top right of cover reads, "Maurice & Betty / Audet". Single page tucked inside directory has crest and message from the United Church of Canada. [ MU 1351 ] - item 3: Town of Palmerston Community Service Guide, ca. 1997. Softcover, 34 pages, illustrated; includes maps. It provides contact information for local organizations, such as government, medical, religious, educational, sports, and service groups, often with a description of their scope and services. The booklet begins with a history of Palmerston. Some local historical background is also provided for the following: Cable Television, Wellington County Crime Stoppers, Palmerston and District Hospital, Palmerston District Hospital Auxiliary, Palmerston Arthritis Society, Palmerston Post Office, Palmerston Public Library, Welcome Wagon, Palmerston Public School, Palmerston Agricultural Society, Palmerston Railway Heritage Society, Royal Terrace Care Center [sic], Optimist Club of Palmerston, Palmerston Lions Club, Blair Masonic Lodge, and the Harriston School of Dance. [ MU 1351 ] |
Creator \ Maker |
Unknown |
Creator \ Maker |
Morley, Mervyn (Bun) Palmerston Observer Palmerston United Church Peavoy, Cecil |
Item Name |
Directory Guide List Map Newspaper Pass Poem Postcard Reminiscences Research Notes Telephone, Book |
Person \ Organization |
Audet, Betty Audet, Maurice Beatty Brothers Limited Blair Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons number 314 Canadian National Railway Canadian Pacific Railway Canadian Transportation Museum Carr, Mary Central Vermont Railway Close, Barbara M. Dalton, Brian Donaghue Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway English, Red Gordon, D. Grand Trunk Railway Grand Trunk Western Railroad Harriston School of Dance Knechtel Brothers Knechtel Furniture Manufacturing Knechtel Lumber Mill Lambier, Clarence Lambier, Ella Lovell, George MacArthur, Corrine Matthews, Matty McCallum, Gordon Morley, Dennis Morley, Joe Morley, Mervyn (Bun) Morley, William Morley, William (Mrs.) Nurse's Car Dealership Optimist Club of Palmerston Palmerston Agricultural Society Palmerston and District Hospital Palmerston Arthritis Society Palmerston Creamery Palmerston Lions Club Palmerston Observer Palmerston Post Office Palmerston Public Library Palmerston Public School Palmerston Railway Heritage Society Palmerston Railway Station Palmerston United Church Peavoy, Cecil Queen's Hotel Royal Terrace Long-term and Residential Care home Ruller, Gord Spiesz Furniture Stephenson, Elroy Tanner, Kenneth (Rev.) Teppler Furniture Tweddle Chick Hatcheries Limited United Church of Canada Wait, James Wald's Produce Watt's Mill Weiss, Ed Welcome Wagon Wellington County Crime Stoppers Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railway William Knechtel and Sons Flour |
Place |
Breadalbane Street Bruce County Colpey's Bay Detroit Dobbinton Durham Fergus Hamilton Hanover Highway 6 Hill Street Lake Huron London Main Street Michigan Mount Forest Norman Street Ontario Owen Sound Palmerston Saugeen River St. George Street Tara Toronto William Street Windsor |
Subject |
Architecture Bridge Children Electricity Fire Furniture Hallowe'en History Landscape Manufacturing and Trades Mill Mill Poetry Railroad Sports Telephone Toys Transportation Weather |
Photo, Map # |
ph 49097 - ph 49134 MAP 3024 - MAP 3027 MAP 3024 MAP 3025 MAP 3026 MAP 3027 ph 49097 ph 49098 ph 49099 ph 49100 ph 49101 ph 49102 ph 49103 ph 49104 ph 49105 ph 49106 ph 49107 ph 49108 ph 49109 ph 49110 ph 49111 ph 49112 ph 49113 ph 49114 ph 49115 ph 49116 ph 49117 ph 49118 ph 49119 ph 49120 ph 49121 ph 49122 ph 49123 ph 49124 ph 49125 ph 49126 ph 49127 ph 49128 ph 49129 ph 49130 ph 49131 ph 49132 ph 49133 ph 49134 |
Year Range from |
1915 |
Year Range to |
2007 |
Accession # |
A2017.8 |
Containers |
MC82 MU 1351 STACKS |