Port Blanford Station. Port Blanford
was between Shoal Harbour and Terra
Nova at Mile Post 150.87.
The local freight has just past
McCarron's crew. That is Don in
the photo. There is no cupola on
that caboose.
A good view of McCarron's crew
changing out a pole. The cable is being
held by rope pulleys hooked to a
track anchor. Staff/Sgt. Drumheller is
overseeing.
Crew being picked up after a days
work to head back to camp. Philip
"Frenchy" Boldue on the right with Sgt.
Cronk facing the camera. LeRoy
Hawco is the speeder operator.
Time for noon lunch, with C-rations and
a good camp fire. Jim Traylor is
handling the eight inch pliers.
Rocky our cook,in the center,has
brought noon chow out to us by
speeder. In the foreground from
left-Domenick Iacovelli,Rocky,and
Harold Rideout.
At noon on this day, M/Sgt. Annible center, is having C-rations with Burke on the left, Traylor on the right. Annible was the head of line construction for flight l.
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Carlson is facing the camera, Halfman is on the shovel and then Street. The new pole lies behind them.
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Don McCarron is captured by his Argus C-3 digging a hole for a dead man anchor. Note the rocks piled be- hind him that he has removed from the hole.
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