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Kettle Valley Railway Short Answer Questions - A Re-read the Kettle Valley Railway vignette and answer these questions on your own. Write answers in the spaces provided. |
| 1. | The KVR line went between what two cities?_________________ |
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| 2. | How many trestles did the Myra Canyon section have?__________ |
| 3. | How many years did the B.C. government give the CPR to build the KVR line? __________ How many years did it take? _______ |
| 4. | How old was Andrew McCulloch when he was hired to be chief engineer of the building of the KVR line? ____________________ |
| 5. | At the peak of construction, how many labourers were working on the line?______________________________________________ |
| 6. | What explosive became available in 1913?__________________ |
| 7. | How much did the most expensive mile in the Coquihalla section cost? ________________________________________________ |
| 8. | What problems did grasshoppers cause in the Okanagan? _____________________________________________________ |
| 9. | Why was forest fire a danger to the KVR line? _____________________________________________________ |
| 10. | What is the KVR roadbed used for today? ___________________ |
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