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With a generating capacity of 480,000 horsepower, the huge Des Joachims development on the Ottawa river is designed to turn southern Ontario into a po(...)
With a generating capacity of 480,000 horsepower, the huge Des Joachims development on the Ottawa river is designed to turn southern Ontario into a po(...)

With a generating capacity of 480,000 horsepower, the huge Des Joachims development on the Ottawa river is designed to turn southern Ontario into a po(...)

Date9/18/1948
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Original Toronto Star caption: With a generating capacity of 480;000 horsepower; the huge Des Joachims development on the Ottawa river is designed to turn southern Ontario into a power-prosperous area by 1951; Right; two workers in action. Below; a dam under construction at Des Joachims.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberTSPA_0116521F
      Beret only trace of six who vanished when Des Joachim's bridge section collapsed into Ottawa river
      Beret only trace of six who vanished when Des Joachim's bridge section collapsed into Ottawa river
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      7/22/1948
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
      6/5/1944
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      Spremo, Boris
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      Bull, Ron
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      Bull, Ron
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      Andrew, Cindy
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
      12/5/1929
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      Brennan, Pat
      5 July 1982
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      Brennan, Pat
      5 July 1982
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
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      Æsop
      1802