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Rhodes Curry Company was a construction contractor and builder of railway rolling stock based in Amherst, Nova Scotia. Rhodes Curry Company was a significant business in the industrial, commercial, and architectural history of Nova Scotia, and was instrumental in the commercial development and expansion of Nova Scotia’s turn-of-the-century economy. Industrialist , Nathaniel Curry and founded a construction company in Amherst, Nova Scotia in 1877. After the departure of Dodge, the company expanded into the railcar repairing business in 1880s.

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rdfs:comment	Rhodes Curry Company was a construction contractor and builder of railway rolling stock based in Amherst, Nova Scotia. Rhodes Curry Company was a significant business in the industrial, commercial, and architectural history of Nova Scotia, and was instrumental in the commercial development and expansion of Nova Scotia’s turn-of-the-century economy. Industrialist , Nathaniel Curry and founded a construction company in Amherst, Nova Scotia in 1877. After the departure of Dodge, the company expanded into the railcar repairing business in 1880s. (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Canadian Car and Foundry Beinn Bhreagh Pugwash, Nova Scotia Pugwash station Boxcars Cumberland Railway and Coal Company Victoria County, Nova Scotia Amherst, Nova Scotia Amherst, Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Passenger cars Highland Arts Theatre Companies based in Nova Scotia Manufacturing companies of Canada Sydney, Nova Scotia Springhill, Nova Scotia City of Halifax Intercolonial Railway Nathaniel Curry New Glasgow, Nova Scotia Defunct rolling stock manufacturers of Canada Hopper cars Saint John, NB dbr:Barry_Dodge dbr:Harris_Car_Works_and_Foundry dbr:Nelson_Admiral_Rhodes
Link from a Wikipage to an external page	http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/rhodes_nelson_admiral_13E.html https://web.archive.org/web/20070520231155/http:/www.nakina.net/builders1.html%23Rhodes
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has abstract	Rhodes Curry Company was a construction contractor and builder of railway rolling stock based in Amherst, Nova Scotia. Rhodes Curry Company was a significant business in the industrial, commercial, and architectural history of Nova Scotia, and was instrumental in the commercial development and expansion of Nova Scotia’s turn-of-the-century economy. Rhodes Curry Company had a reputation for quality of workmanship and craftsmanship and was the contractor and builder of a number of grand homes, churches, and business in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Many examples of their work still survive, such as the Pugwash Train Station in Pugwash, Nova Scotia, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Sydney, Nova Scotia, and Beinn Bhreagh, the former estate of Alexander Graham Bell, in Victoria County, Nova Scotia, all recognised Heritage Properties. Industrialist , Nathaniel Curry and founded a construction company in Amherst, Nova Scotia in 1877. It was originally a manufacturer of sash and doors, but they soon switched to construction business. It later acquired mills and other manufacturing plants (brick and other building materials) in the 1880s. After the departure of Dodge, the company expanded into the railcar repairing business in 1880s. Rhodes and Curry acquired of Saint John, NB in 1893 and moved operations to Amherst. Rhodes Curry Company began operations in 1891 and began building railcars for railways in the region. The company expanded with branch plants in New Glasgow, Sydney and Halifax. After Rhodes died in 1909, the company was sold to Canadian Car and Foundry, CCF. In 1920, the architectural and commercial building portion of the former Rhodes Curry Company split from CCF and continued to exist until the 1950s. (en)
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is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	Canadian Car and Foundry Pugwash station Nova Scotia Light and Power LaPlanche Street Highland Arts Theatre Nathaniel Curry
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