Andrew Onderdonk
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Andrew Onderdonk was an American construction contractor who worked on several major projects in the West, including the San Francisco seawall in California and the Canadian Pacific Railway in British
Andrew Onderdonk circa 1880
Savona, British Columbia
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Savona is an unincorporated community in the Thompson Country region of south central British Columbia. The place is on the western end and south shore of Kamloops Lake, adjacent to the outlet into th
Andrew Onderdonk
…Canadian government, he built the 227 mile (365 km) section from Port Moody, 11 miles east of Vancouver and tidewater at the coast, northeastward to Savona (near Kamloops). When those sections were complete, he continued building eastward under contract with the Canadian Pacific Railway, until he ran out…
SS Peerless, Savona (north shore berth), 1885
South shore warehouse in foreground and north shore settlement in background, Savona, c.1885
CP Station, water tower and settlement, Savona, 1898
CP Station and unfinished water tower, Savona, 1885