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    John Rudolphus Booth (April 5, 1827 – December 8, 1925) was a Canadian lumber tycoon and railroad baron. He controlled logging rights for large tracts...
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    some of the world's largest sawmills. These lumber barons, such as John Rudolphus Booth, Henry Franklin Bronson, and Ezra Butler Eddy, founded mills and...
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  • John Booth (motor racing) (born 1954), former team principal of Marussia F1 Team John Booth (architect) (1759–1843), British architect John Rudolphus...
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    baron John Rudolphus Booth (252 Metcalfe, Booth House), inventor Thomas Willson a.k.a. Carbide Willson, and Alexander Campbell, law partner of John A. Macdonald...
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    Railway (N&N) was a portage railway constructed by Ottawa lumber baron John Rudolphus Booth. The 5.5-mile (8.9 km) line connected Lake Nipissing with Lake Nosbonsing...
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    no centrally located station until 1895, through efforts of John Rudolphus Booth. Booth was a Canadian lumber baron known for creating Canada's largest...
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    funds shortly after starting construction. The line was purchased by John Rudolphus Booth in 1892 to form the western end of his Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry...
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    (1887-1925), granddaughter of Ottawa River lumber and railroad tycoon John Rudolphus Booth. While stationed in Washington, D.C., Herridge was impressed by President...
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    such as public schools, and fire and police departments. In 1892, John Rudolphus Booth, the Canadian lumber king, rented a cottage at Saranac Lake for his...
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    and the Ottawa and Parry Sound Railway, two lines controlled by John Rudolphus Booth, amalgamated to form the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway...
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