Telegraph line, Lytton B.C. 1865

By Lee Southern; posted January 14, 2009

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On the road of Lytton - woman with a bucket and a washboard and two men horseback riding. View of telegraph posts.

Thanks to Mark Laukner for providing the following information: That was the year the Collin's line was built. 735 Tillotsons were used there on the original construction. This was the cariboo wagon road. Built in 1862, was used for the route of the telegraph line from Yale as far as Quesnel.

The original photograph is at the Library and Archives Canada. http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=eng&rec_nbr=3307548&rec_nbr_list=3307548

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