time, but was soon vindicated by their resistance to fire.

Between 1870 and 1875 Fleming supervised the building of several parts of the Intercolonial railway being built by Brown, Brooks & Ryan, a Toronto firm established by railway magnate Hugh Ryan. These sections were particularly costly due to the difficult terrain and included two bridges over the Miramichi River and six miles of approaches.

By 1871, the strategy of a railway

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