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Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Our Lady of the Assumption Church)
1913
609 Leola Street, Transcona, Manitoba, Canada
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By 1912, the Transcona Shops were officially opened and the Town of Transcona was incorporated. Men, both young and single or with families, sought employment opportunities working for the railway, in local businesses and for the Town.

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View of North East Transcona
1928
Oxford Street at Ravelston Avenue, Transcona, Manitoba, Canada
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Steam Locomotive in for repair at the Grand Trunk Pacific (G.T.P.) Railway Shops
1912
Transcona, Manitoba, Canada
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Boilermaker repairing or cleaning a steam locomotive boiler at the Transcona Shops
1915
Transcona, Manitoba, Canada
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Municipal development continued as schools, churches and the municipal office and fire hall were constructed. Local sporting clubs quickly formed. Organizations and social groups were established.

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Pattern makers at the Transcona Shops
1912
Transcona, Manitoba, Canada

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Supervisors on the steps of the Motive Power Offices at the Transcona Shops
1914
Transcona, Manitoba, Canada

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Southwest view of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad Shops
1913
Transcona, Manitoba, Canada
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Birds eye view with Rail Road Shops in background
1915
Transcona, Manitoba, Canada

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The townspeople were new to the area, physically isolated from the City of Winnipeg, and connected by the founding industry of the town of Transcona, the railway. They formed close bonds to each other. From the first decade of the 20th century through to the end of the 1940s, working for the railway was a way of life for most people living in Transcona.