The school car : bringing the three R's to Newfoundland's remote railway settlements, 1936-1942 / Randy P. Noseworthy.
The school car : bringing the three R's to Newfoundland's remote railway settlements, 1936-1942 / Randy P. Noseworthy.
By
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Noseworthy, Randy P. (Randy Pittman), 1948-
Publication Date
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1997
Publication Information
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Whitbourne, N.L. : R.P.N. Pub.,
Physical Description
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202 p. : ill., maps.
Subject Term
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Schools, Traveling -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History.
Railroads -- Social aspects -- Newfoundland and Labrador.
Summary
:
During the mid-1930s, the main line of the Newfoundland (Canada) Railway stretched 547 miles from St. John's to Port aux Basques, and railway workers and their families lived along the line in small isolated settlements. The provincial department of education, the Newfoundland Railway, and the Anglo-Newfoundland Development Company devised an imaginative approach to bring education to these settlements in the form of a school in a railroad car, called School on Wheels. Drawing extensively on interviews with the former head teacher, students, and retired railroad workers, this book presents the 6-year history of the "school car."
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780968259405
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