A float designed by the Algoma Central Railway for a local parade inviting potential settlers to relocate to Algoma. Photograph: Private Collection.

An Algoma Central Railway train crossing one of the many trestles along the Algoma Central Railway route. Photograph: Sault Ste. Marie Museum.

An Algoma Central Railway engine pulling Algoma Central Railway car number one.
Photograph: Sault Ste. Marie Public Library.

Constructing the ore docks at Michipicoten Harbour circa 1898. Photograph: Sault Ste. Marie Public Library.

An illustration of an engineering feat accomplished in the construction of the Algoma Central Railway. Note the sharp curve. Photo: Sault Ste. Marie Museum.

Machinery used to lay track along the Algoma Central Railway route circa 1898.
Photograph: Sault Ste. Marie Museum.

The vast number of valleys and rivers created engineering problems for the contractors building the Algoma Central Railway. Photograph: Sault Ste. Marie Public Library.

An Algoma Central Railway train traversing one of the numerous trestles between Sault Ste. Marie and Michipicoten. Photograph: Sault Ste. Marie Public Library.

The Algoma Central Railway constructed a large stone terminal at the foot of Bruce Street. It serviced not only the Railway passengers but also Algoma Central Steamship passengers.
Photograph: Sault Ste. Marie Public Library.

The Algoma Central Steamship Line tug "Philadelphia" at the east approach to the Sault Ste. Marie Lock. Photograph: Sault Ste. Marie Public Library.

The Algoma Central Steamship Line operated several freight carriers including the steamship "Theano". Photograph: Sault Ste. Marie Museum.

The Algoma Steamship Line's passenger ship "MinnieM" was infamous for its role in the 1902 federal election.
Photograph: Sault Ste. Marie Public Library.