Peter Crerar [SEP] date of death
Peter Crerar
Peter Crerar (1785 in Breadalbane, Scotland – 5 November 1856 in Pictou, Nova Scotia) was a Scottish-Nova Scotian civil engineer. He designed the first railway in British North America, and the first standard gauge railroad in North America, at Stellarton, near Pictou, Nova Scotia.
The 1836 Albion Mines Railway.
Crerar had shown an early interest in railways as early as 3 February 1836 when he wrote a lengthy letter concerning a proposed railway between Halifax and Windsor. Later in 1836 the
Capt. Peter Crerar (born 10 July 1828 Pictou - died 4 May 1868 Cardiff, Wales); Capt. David Stewart Crerar (born 13 August 1830 Pictou - died 2 June 1893 Pictou).
Death.
His Pictou obituary reads as follows:
He is buried in the Laurel Hill Cemetery, Pictou.
Sources.
- quoted in
External links.
- Nova Scotia Railway Hall of Fame
- Railways of Canada Archives