portage railroad Hist. DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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See 1958 quote.
See also: portage ((n.)) (def. 1b) portage road (def. 3)
- 1946  [Caption] Early Portage Railroads: The Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad, 1836.

- 1958  [The history of railways in Canada begins in 1832 with . . . the Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad . . . conceived as a portage link in the water route from the St. Lawrence River to New York.]
