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KNOWLEDGE OF Botwood
Botwood is a town in north-central Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is in Division No. 6, in the Bay of Exploits. A seaport acts as the community's chief employer, exporting news print for Abitibi Consolidated. Oil products such as gasoline, asphalt, and heating oil are imported and stored in large tanks throughout the community.
In 1908 construction began on the Botwood Railway, running between Grand Falls and Botwood. It was a joint effort between the A.N.D. Company and the A. E. Reed Company of Bishop's Falls. It was to be the transportation link for the export of pulp and paper from the newly built mill at Grand Falls. The railway became operational by the fall of 1909, and the first shipment of paper from the new mill was sent in February of 1910. The A.N.D. Company took control of the railway operation in 1910, just a year after the line was completed.
From 1937 to 1940, both Pan Am and the British Overseas Airways Corporation used Botwood as a terminal for their Atlantic Crossings. On June 27,1939 the Yankee Clipper left Botwood for the first Trans Atlantic Passenger flight.
From the outbreak of World War II, 1940-1945, the Royal Air Force changed Botwood into a patrolling and bombing seaplane base. A large concrete slipway, two hangars, tarmac and four bunkers were constructed.
The first aircraft facilities to be established in Botwood was by Newfoundland born Captian Sydney Bennett (1897 - 1945) and Australian born Major Sidney Cotton (1894 - 1969). It became host to many dignitaries and celebrities, some as part of official delegations and others who were stalled there waiting out inclement flying weather. Among those were Charles Lindbergh and his wife Ann M. Lindbergh in 1933. Both Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Winston Churchill overnighted at Botwood. Bob Hope and his troupe were stormbound there in 1943. They performed for the Royal Canadian Air Force Costal Command while at Botwood.
In 1908 construction began on the Botwood Railway, running between Grand Falls and Botwood. It was a joint effort between the A.N.D. Company and the A. E. Reed Company of Bishop's Falls. It was to be the transportation link for the export of pulp and paper from the newly built mill at Grand Falls. The railway became operational by the fall of 1909, and the first shipment of paper from the new mill was sent in February of 1910. The A.N.D. Company took control of the railway operation in 1910, just a year after the line was completed.
From 1937 to 1940, both Pan Am and the British Overseas Airways Corporation used Botwood as a terminal for their Atlantic Crossings. On June 27,1939 the Yankee Clipper left Botwood for the first Trans Atlantic Passenger flight.
From the outbreak of World War II, 1940-1945, the Royal Air Force changed Botwood into a patrolling and bombing seaplane base. A large concrete slipway, two hangars, tarmac and four bunkers were constructed.
The first aircraft facilities to be established in Botwood was by Newfoundland born Captian Sydney Bennett (1897 - 1945) and Australian born Major Sidney Cotton (1894 - 1969). It became host to many dignitaries and celebrities, some as part of official delegations and others who were stalled there waiting out inclement flying weather. Among those were Charles Lindbergh and his wife Ann M. Lindbergh in 1933. Both Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Winston Churchill overnighted at Botwood. Bob Hope and his troupe were stormbound there in 1943. They performed for the Royal Canadian Air Force Costal Command while at Botwood.
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