1856. GREAT WESTERN, (CANADA,) RAILWAY

1856. GREAT WESTERN, (CANADA,) RAILWAY. GREAT WESTERN AND CENTRAL ROUTE! DETROIT AND CHICAGO VIA SANDUSKY. DETROIT AND NIAGARA FALLS, BY THE GREAT WESTERN, (CANADA,) RAILWAY. ALSO, CONNECTING WITH FIRST CLASS STEAMERS TO MACKINAC, GREEN BAY, SAULT STE. MARIE, AND ALL PORTS ON LAKE SUPERIOR. The connecting steamer was STEAMER BAY CITY, J.M. LUNDY, MASTER.

The "the Great Western, Canada, Railway" most accurately refers to the historic Great Western Railway of Ontario, Canada, which was a pioneering railway in the region and chartered in 1834.

The railway was unique as it was a pioneer in combining land and water-based transportation on the Great Lakes. It also connected to Detroit and its acquisition of an American-owned line to Milwaukee. By 1856, the date of this broadside, the railway had a total of 86 locomotives and 1,786 pieces of rolling stock.

“The Bay City has been for the last two seasons running on the route between Sandusky and Detroit, and has made her Trips with the greatest regularity. In beauty, strength, speed and accommodations, she is unsurpassed by any Steamer on the Lakes….” “WITHOUT LOSS OF SLEEP. Another advantage possessed by the SANDUSKY AND DETROIT ROUTE over all others is, that it crosses the Western end of the Lake among the sheltering Islands – thus avoiding the violence of storms to which other routes are liable.” “BAGGAGE TRANSFERRED FREE OF CHARGE.”

• 7 ¾ x 15 ½ inches. Illustration of one of its locomotives and the steamer Bay City. Vg cond.