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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“Reckoned physiologically, everything ugly weakens and afflicts man. It recalls decay, danger, impotence; he actually suffers a loss of energy in its presence. The effect of the ugly can be measured with a dynamometer. Whenever man feels in any way depressed, he senses the proximity of something “ugly.” His feeling of power, his will to power, his courage, his pride—they decline with the ugly, they increase with the beautiful.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
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—Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)
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