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Eastern Car established a factory at LaGarenne, near Paris, France, in August 1916 to fill an order for one thousand 20 ton box cars from the French government railway. These were built to the famous French design capable of holding 40 men or eight horses. Five Eastern Car employees supervised the work in the factory. Later an assembly yard was established at Tours. Material for the cars was shipped from the Eastern Car Trenton factory and assembled at these two locations by prisoners of war. ----- 1915 bestellte die Französische Staatsbahn (ETAT) bei der kanadischen Eastern Car Company 1000 gedeckte Güterwagen. Dafür richtete die Eastern Car Company extra eine eigene Werkstatt in La Garenne in der Nähe von Paris ein, später folgte eine zweite in Tours. Die Einzelteile der Wagen wurde aus Kanada dorthin verschifft und die Wagen wurden in Frankreich von Kriegsgefangenen fertig zusammengebaut. Fünf kanadische Mitarbeiter überwachten vor Ort den Zusammenbau.

Unfortunately, the name "Bridal Veil" has been overdone in the Blue Mountains, with multiple references to different waterfalls. For example, Govetts Leap was also known as Bridal Veil Falls until the UN required a name change in 1976 as a requisite for World Heritage status so as to distinguish those falls from Bridal Veil Falls on Leura Creek. This photograph is indeed of Katoomba Falls - the base of the first drop to be precise - but as far as I can tell the feature has never been known as "Bridal Veil" (ref: Blue Mountains Geographical Encyclopaedia, 2018). Just to the right of where this photograph was taken, the rock base ends with a sheer drop to the ultimate base of the falls. There is now a fence and a sign prohibiting access, so all photographs now have the same vantage point: www.flickr.com/photos/51321042@N02/14769978498/in/photoli...