Decline
The heyday of the railroad was short, and business faltered with the rise of the automobile.
Starting June 24, 1928, all trolleys operated with one-man crews on the Canadian side.
Despite this cost cutting, all Canadian operations ceased on September 11, 1932.
The rest of the railroad closed on September 13, 1935 because of a rockslide near the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge.
Parts of the right-of-way are now foot paths.
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Famous quotes containing the word decline:
“Or else I thought her supernatural;
As though a sterner eye looked through her eye
On this foul world in its decline and fall,
On gangling stocks grown great, great stocks run dry,
Ancestral pearls all pitched into a sty,
Heroic reverie mocked by clown and knave....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements, and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping. We see our past achievements as the end result of a clean forward thrust, and our present difficulties as signs of decline and decay.”
—Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)
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