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Lac Seul Dam (1941) 

Lac Seul Dam (1941)

image 1941  A view of the Lac Seul Dam on the English River taken from the top of stairway to the generating system, October 9, 1941.

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Ear Falls Dam - Unit #4 

Ear Falls Dam - Unit #4

image   Black and white photo of Unit #4 of the Ear Falls Generating Station. Here, workers are pouring the concrete floor for the lower section of the dam.

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Ear Falls Dam. Dev #4 

Ear Falls Dam. Dev #4

image   Photo showing concrete forms used in Dev #4 of the Lac Seul Dam construction. Regular conduits of concrete were built instead of wood stave pipes. The wood pipes had been used in the first two units of dam construction.

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Ear Falls - Dev #4 

Ear Falls - Dev #4

image   Photo showing the lower section of the Lac Seul dam construction, where re-inforced steel was used as forms for the concrete.

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Ear Falls Dev - Unit #4 (1946) 

Ear Falls Dev - Unit #4 (1946)

image May 1946  Black and white photo of the inside of the tunnel at Ear Falls Generating Station Unit #4, May 5 1946.

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Rotor - Ear Falls Generating Station (May 1948) 

Rotor - Ear Falls Generating Station (May 1948)

image May 1948  Black and white photo of lowering of the rotor at the Ear Falls Generating Plant, Unit #4 May 27, 1948.

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Hydro Colony - Ear Falls (1957) 

Hydro Colony - Ear Falls (1957)

image 1957  Aerial photograph of the Hydro colony of Ear Falls, Ontario 1957. The area was created to house the hydro workers and their families.

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Ear Falls Generating Station 

Ear Falls Generating Station

image September 12 1942  Photo shows the emergency exit at the Ear Falls Generating Station, September 12, 1942.

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Ear Falls Generating Station 

Ear Falls Generating Station

image September 12 1942  Photo of the emergency exit, Lac Seul/Ear Falls generating station, September 12, 1942.

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Lac Seul Dam (1941) 

Lac Seul Dam (1941)

image 1941  Photo of Lac Seul Dam, showing a hole, apparently gouged out by water 100 ft. below. October 3, 1941.

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Lifting the Boom (1940's) 

Lifting the Boom (1940's)

image 1941  Unidentified men shown lifting the boom at the generating station in Ear Falls, Ontario..

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Hydro Development - Ear Falls (1947) 

Hydro Development - Ear Falls (1947)

image 1947  After a bill was passed by government, a hydro-electric dam was built over the English River. In this 3 1/2 x 5 photo, Ear Falls generating station Unit #4 shows the beginning of the construction site as of March 17, 1947. This dam would supply power to Howey Mine and residents of the Ear Falls...

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Ear Falls Generating Station (1941) 

Ear Falls Generating Station (1941)

image October 9 1941  Ear Falls Generating Station during high water, Oct. 9 1941.

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Ear Falls Generating Station - Unit #4 (August 1947) 

Ear Falls Generating Station - Unit #4 (August 1947)

image August 1947  Photo showing the building site for storing vehicles and implements.

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Ear Falls Power Station - Unit #4 (June 24 1947) 

Ear Falls Power Station - Unit #4 (June 24 1947)

image June 1947  Photo showing the installation of the draft tube for Unit #4 of the Ear Falls Power Development.

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Ear Falls Generating Station - Unit 4 (March 25, 1947) 

Ear Falls Generating Station - Unit 4 (March 25, 1947)

image March 25, 1947  Photo showing the installation of the cofferdam crib during construction of the Ear Falls Generating Station Unit 4.

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Ear Falls Generating Station (July 1930) 

Ear Falls Generating Station (July 1930)

image July 1930  Photo showing the size of the generator used in the production of hydroelectric power at the Ear Falls Generating Station, July 1930.

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Ear Falls Power House (1948) 

Ear Falls Power House (1948)

image April 1948  A view of the Ear Falls power house Unit #4, from the dam, April 21, 1948.

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Ear Falls Generating Station (1948) 

Ear Falls Generating Station (1948)

image April 1948  Black and white photo showing construction of the west side of the Lac Seul Dam, April 20, 1948.

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Ear Falls - Generating Station (1947) 

Ear Falls - Generating Station (1947)

image March 1947  Black and white photo showing the launching of the cofferdam crib at Ear Falls Power Plant, March 25, 1947., Cofferdam - A void or empty space separating two or more compartments for the purpose of preventing the liquid contents of one compartment from entering another.

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Lac Seul Dam Erosion 

Lac Seul Dam Erosion

image October 9 1941  Black and white photo of the Lac Seul Dam erosion 100 ft. below dam as of October 9, 1941.

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Lac Seul Dam (1941) 

Lac Seul Dam (1941)

image October 9 1941  Discharge of water, looking east October 8, 1941.

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Ear Falls Generating Station (August 1930) 

Ear Falls Generating Station (August 1930)

image August 27 1930  View of the switching structure of the Ear Falls Generating Station, August 1930.

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Ear Falls Generating Station (March 1947) 

Ear Falls Generating Station (March 1947)

image March 27 1947  Photo shows the beginnings of the generating station and the cofferdam used in construction.

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Ear Falls Generating Station (1947) 

Ear Falls Generating Station (1947)

image August 1947  Black and white photo of workers pouring the concrete flooring of the upper transition August 20 1947, Ear Falls Ontario, Unit #4., To keep up with the load growth, it became necessary to plan for the third and fourth units, to correspond with total plant capacity of power generation.

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Ear Falls Hydroelectric Generating Station (~1930's) 

Ear Falls Hydroelectric Generating Station (~1930's)

image 1930's  Photo showing the final finishing touches being made to the Ear Falls/Lac Seul dam, 1930's.

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Ear Falls Camp Quarters 

Ear Falls Camp Quarters

image February 7 1947  Ear Falls generating station camp quarters and dining hall on the right.

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Griffith Mine 

Griffith Mine

image   Pellet Plant had 3 vertical furnaces, 6 grinding mills, 8 flotation and separating systems.

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Griffith Mine - Mine Office 

Griffith Mine - Mine Office

image   Mine office of Griffith Mine in Ear Falls, Ontario.

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Generating Station Switchboard 

Generating Station Switchboard

image Mar 1933  Ear Falls generating station switchboard, March 20, 1933.

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Aerial View of Griffith Mine - Buildings 

Aerial View of Griffith Mine - Buildings

image   Mine tailings and disposal., Top right - Pellet Reducing kiln. Round structure is tailing tank. To the right is the crusher buildings.

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Aerial View of Griffith Mine 

Aerial View of Griffith Mine

image   Building to the right is pellet plant. To the left is the kiln, and in the background is the open pit mine.

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Aerial View of the Griffith Mine 

Aerial View of the Griffith Mine

image   Big red and grey building is the pellet plant. To the right is the tailings tank and crusher behind it.

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Aerial View of the Griffith Mine 

Aerial View of the Griffith Mine

image   White building to the right is the kiln. Large dark buildings to the left is pellet plant.

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Ear Falls, Hydro Colony 

Ear Falls, Hydro Colony

image   The new permanent homes in the Hydro Colony housed radio operator Jack Schwass, and his wife, line foreman Art Westran and his wife Ena, station maintenance man Harold Evans and his wife, operator Ed Smith, his wife and son, operator Royden and Gladys McDonald, Andy and Petra (MOM) Inguard. Clara...

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Ear Falls Generating Station 

Ear Falls Generating Station

image 1948  In this photo unidentified workers are seen laying concrete floor on Annex #4.

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Ear Falls Generating Station Office 

Ear Falls Generating Station Office

image   Black and white photo of the office building for Ear Falls Generating Station.

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Ear Falls Generating Station 

Ear Falls Generating Station

image   Photo of turbine used for generating power at the station. The gentleman in the photo is unidentified.

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Ear Falls Generating Station 

Ear Falls Generating Station

image   Black and White photo of No. 1 generator, Ear Falls, Ont. May 30th.

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Ear Falls Hydro Colony 

Ear Falls Hydro Colony

image   Construction of the Hydro colony began in 1937 to house employees and their families. However, when the second unit of the power plant was installed, the construction camp was built on the west side of the dam away from the Hydro colony, at the present site of the transformer yard which supplies...

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