A historical guide to the mines of Sydney Mines / Keith Knight & the Sydney Mines Heritage Society. Rev. ed. Richmond Hill, ON. : The author, 2006. 72 pages : illustrations, ports., maps ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TN806 C2122 S982 2006
; Publication info from preliminary pages.
Mines and mineral resources — Sydney Mines (N.S.) — History
Sydney Mines (N.S.) — History.
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The Sydney mines / Keith Knight. Richmond Hill, ON. : Keith Knight, 2004. 69 pages : maps ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TN806 C2122 S982
Coal mines and mining — History. — Sydney Mines (N.S.)
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Gold! the wealth of Waverley / John Hartlen. Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1988. 148 pages : illustrations ; 1988.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TN414 C212 W356
Includes index.
Gold mines and mining — Nova Scotia — Waverley
Waverley, N.S. — History
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From cloddy earth to glittering gold / George Norrie, Harry Norrie. Saint John, N.B. : Trinity, 2006. [10], 489 pages: illustrations, facsims., maps, ports.; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TN140 N853 N853 2006
Norrie, James Paul, — 1891-1945.
Gold mines and mining — Qu{nonjoin}bec (Province) — Abitibi Region — History
Mining engineers — Qu{nonjoin}bec (Province) — Biography
Prospectors — Qu{nonjoin}bec (Province) — Biography
Industrialists — Quebec (Province)
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The gold seekers / David G. Jamieson. Calgary, AB. : The author, 2005. 243 pages : illustrations, ports. ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TN139 G618 2005
Gold mines and mining — Nova Scotia — History
Gold miners — Nova Scotia — Biography.
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Canadian aircraft since 1909 / K.M. Molson and H.A. Taylor. Stittsville, ON. : Canada's Wings, 1982. 530 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TL523 M728
Airplanes — History
Aircraft industry — Canada — History.
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Whisper in the air : Marconi, the Canada years, 1902-1946 / by Mary K. MacLeod. Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1992. 135 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TK5739 M37 M3 1992
Inventors — Italy — Biography
Telegraph — Canada — History
Telegraph, Wireless — Marconi system
Telegraph lines — Canada — History.
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History and structure of the steam engine; with a practical investigation of its structure and application / by Elijah Galloway; to which is added an extensive appendix / by Luke Hebert. London : Paternoster Row, 1830. 863 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TJ464 G35
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250 years of progress : Halifax regional fire and emergency / Allison Lawlor. Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 2005. 150 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TH9507 H173 L418 2005
Fire extinction — Nova Scotia — Halifax Regional Municipality — History
Halifax Regional Municipality (N.S.) — History.
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The smoke-eaters : a history of firefighting in Nova Scotia, c1750-1950 / Mike Parker. Halifax : Nimbus, 2002. xxxii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TH9506 N6 P37 2002
Fire extinction — Nova Scotia — History
Fire fighters — Nova Scotia — History
Nova Scotia — History.
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Fires / by Dennis Brindell Fradin ; consultant, Thomas Linkowski. Chicago : Childrens Press, 1982. 59 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TH9448 F7
Fires — Juvenile literature
Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917
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Bridge of Sorrows : the Tragedy of Nova Scotia's Avon River Railway Bridge / Jay Underwood. Elmsdale : Pennydreadful Publishing, 2012. 77 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TG445 U56 2012
Railroad bridges — Nova Scotia — Avon River
Railroad engineers — Nova Scotia
Railroads — Nova Scotia — Design and construction — History — 19th century
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From Folly to Fortune : the firing of James Richardson Forman : collusion and corruption in Nova Scotia railway politics, 1854-58 / Jay Underwood. Montreal : Railfare DC Books, 2007. vi, 192 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TF203 U56 2007
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Railroads — Political aspects — Nova Scotia — History — 19th century
Railroads — Nova Scotia — Design and construction — History — 19th century
Political corruption — Nova Scotia — History — 19th
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Great roads : a history of the Nova Scotia Road Builders Association / Paddy Muir. Halifax : Nova Scotia Road Builders Association, 1995. 152 pages illustrations ; 27 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TE1 N68 M84 1996
Nova Scotia Road Builders Association.
Roads — Design and construction — History — Nova Scotia.
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River of dreams : the saga of the Shubenacadie Canal / Donna Barnett. Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 2002. xv, 128 pages : illustrations, maps, ports. ; 21 x 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TC627 S484 S261 2002
Includes bibliographical references.
Schubenacadie Canal (N.S.) — History.
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Maritime dykelands : the 350 year struggle Halifax- : Province of Nova Scotia, Department of Agriculture and Marketing, 1987. viii, 110 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TC345 C3 M37 1987
Nova Scotia. Dept. of Agriculture and Marketing.
Reclamation of land — Nova Scotia — History
Dikes (Engineering) — Nova Scotia — History
Reclamation of land — New Brunswick — History
Dikes (Engineering) — New Brunswick — History.
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Monenco : the first 75 years / by Jack Sexton. Montréal : Montreal Engineering Co., 1982. vi, 339 pages : illustrations, ports. ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TC26 S518
Spine title: Monenco, 1907-1982.
Engineering firms — Canada — History.
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Surveyors of Canada, 1867-1967 / Courtney C. J. Bond. Ottawa : Canadian Institute of Surveying, 1966. 154 pages : illustrations, maps, ports. ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TA523 B711 S963
Issue No. 5, Volume XX of The Canadian Surveyor to honour our Centennial--T.pages verso. Two folded col. maps in pocket.
Canadian Institute of Surveying.
Surveyors — Canada
Canada — Surveys — History.
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Building Canada : a history of public works / sponsored by the Canadian Public Works Association ; Norman R. Ball, senior editor. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1988. xvi, 336 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TA26 B85 1988
Canadian Public Works Association.
Public works — Canada — History
Canada — Public works — History.
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List of Canadian patents, from the beginning of the Patent Office, June, 1824, to the 31st of August, 1872 Ottawa : Gordon Publications and Reproductions, 1979. 222 pages ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - T226 V4 A2
Patents — Canada — Registers
Canada — History.
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Sources on farming in Nova Scotia archives / by Gordon B. Kinsman. Halifax : Council of Nova Scotia Archives, 1987. 61 pages ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - SK56
Prepared for conference of Council of Nova Scotia Archives held at Beaton Institute, University College of Cape Breton, Oct. 23, 1987.
Agriculture — Nova Scotia — History — Bibliography — Catalogs
Archives — Nova Scotia — Catalogs
Library catalogs — Nova Scotia.
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Basque whaling in Labrador in the 16th century / Jean-Pierre Proulx. Ottawa : National Historic Sites, Parks Service, Environment Canada, 1993. 108 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - SH383.5 C32 P76 1992
Issued also in French under title: Les Basques et la pêche de la baleine au Labrador au XVIe siècle. Translated from the original French.
Canadian Parks Service. National Historic Sites.
Whaling — Labrador (Nfld.) — History — 16th century
Whaling — Newfoundland — History — 16th century
Labrador (Nfld.) — History.
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Whaling in the North Atlantic from earliest times to the mid-19th century / Jean-Pierre Proulx. Ottawa : National Historic and Sites Branch, Parks Canada, Environment Canada, 1986. 117 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - SH382.2 P968
Parks Canada. National Historic Parks and Sites Branch.
Whaling — Atlantic Ocean — History
Whalers (Persons) — North Atlantic Ocean.
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The Robins in Gaspé, 1766 to 1825 / David Lee. Markham, ON. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1984. xii, 148 pages : map, port. ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - SH351 C5 L44 1984
Map on lining paper.
Cod-fisheries — Chaleur Bay (N.B. and Quebec) — History
Gaspé Peninsula (Quebec) — History.
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The Atlantic salmon in the history of North America / R.W. Dunfield. Ottawa : Fisheries and Oceans, Scientific Information and Publications Branch, 1985. vii, 181 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - SH349 D915
Includes abstract in French.
Canada. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans.
Atlantic salmon — History
Atlantic salmon fishing — North America — History.
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