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Grand Valley Conservation Authority : Speed River : flood protection : general contract for the construction of concrete culverts at Silver and Pond Creeks and sewer extensions at Bristol Street on the Speed River in the City of Guelph, Ont. : information to bidders, forms and specifications.

Consists of contract documents prepared by R.K. Kilborn, Consulting Engineers, Toronto, Ont. for the Grand Valley Conservation Authority, regarding the construction of concrete culverts for flood control on the Speed River at Silver and Pond Creeks, Guelph, Ont. and sewer extensions on Bristol Street, Guelph, Ont. Includes information to bidders, forms of tender and agreements, general conditions of contract and specifications.
Includes 3 blueline plans (maps) of culverts at Silver and Pond Creeks, prepared by R.K. Kilborn & Associates. Inserted is a completed tender form by A. Mior Construction, Guelph, Ont.

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Grand Valley Conservation Authority : Speed River : flood protection: general contract for the construction of concrete culverts on the Speed River in the City of Guelph, Ont. at Silver and Pond Creeks : information to bidders, forms and specifications.

Consists of ts. contract documents prepared by R.K. Kilborn, Consulting Engineers, Toronto, Ont. for the Grand Valley Conservation Authority, regarding the construction of concrete culverts for flood control on the Speed River at Silver and Pond Creeks, Guelph, Ont. Includes information to bidders, forms of tender and agreements, general conditions of contract and specifications. Also includes blueline plans of culverts at Silver and Pond Creeks, respectively, prepared by R.K. Kilborn & Associates.

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Grand Valley Conservation Authority : Speed River : general contract for the construction of a dam on the Speed River, in the City of Guelph, Ont. : instructions to tenderers, forms and specifications.

Consists of ts.contract documents prepared by R.K. Kilborn, Consulting Engineerings, Toronto, Ont., April 11, 1957 for the Grand Valley Conservation Authority regarding the construction of a dam on the Speed River, Guelph, Ont. Includes forms of tenders and agreements, and specifications. Two completed tender forms from C.A.Scharfe Limited, Toronto, Ont.are present.

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Grand Valley Conservation Authority : Speed River : general contract for the construction of channel improvements on the Speed River in the City of Guelph, Ont. : Contract A : instructions to tenderers, forms and specifications.

Instructions to tenderers, forms of agreement, general conditions and specifications relating to the construction of channel improvements on the Speed River, Guelph, Ont., prepared for the Grand Valley Conservation Authority by R.K. Kilborn & Associates, Ltd., Toronto, Ont. Includes 2 blueline maps for the Speed River channel, Guelph, Ont., prepared by R.K. Kilborn & Associates Ltd.

Also present are the following inserts : correspondence from the Grand Valley Conservation Authority and R.K. Kilborn & Associates Ltd, to Mann Construction, Guelph, Ont.; insurance bond for Mann Construction; and form of tender and contract completed by Mann Construction.

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Grand Valley Conservation Authority : Speed River : general contract for the construction of channel improvements on the Speed River in the City of Guelph, Ont. : Contract B : instructions to tenderers, forms and specifications.

Consists of revised contract documents prepared by R.K. Kilborn & Associates,Consulting Engineers, Toronto, Ont. for the Grand Valley Conservation Authority regarding the construction of channel improvements on the Speed River in Guelph, Ont. Includes instructions to tender, forms of tender and agreements and specifications. Includes 5 blueline maps of the Speed River channel in the city of Guelph, Ont. prepared by R.K.Kilborn & Associates Ltd., June 28, 1957.

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Grand Valley Conservation Authority : Speed River : general contract for the construction of channel improvements on the Speed River in the City of Guelph, Ont. : instructions to tenderers, forms and specifications.

Consists of ts.contract documents prepared by R.K. Kilborn & Associates Ltd., Consulting Engineers, Toronto, Ont. for the Grand Valley Conservation Authority regarding the construction of channel improvements on the Speed River in Guelph, Ont. Includes instructions to tenderers, forms of tender and agreement, general condtions, general conditions of contract, general clauses and specifications,

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Grand Valley Conservation Authority : Speed River : preliminary study on proposed Hespler Conservation Dam on the Speed River, Township of Guelph, Wellington County, Ont.

Consists of ts. (photocopy) preliminary study of subsoil and foundations conditions on the site of the proposed Hespeler Conservation Dam on the Speed River, Township of Guelph, Wellington County, Ont., prepared by William A. Trow & Associates Ltd., Weston, Ont. for R.K. Kilborn & Associates, Toronto, Ont. on behalf of the Grand Valley Conservation Authority.

Includes photographs of the damsite which have been pasted into the study and 1 blueline drawing prepared by William A. Trow & Associates Ltd., titled : Inverted Subsoil Stratigraphy, which includes a site plan of the proposed Hespeler conservation dam,

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Grand Valley Conservation Authority : Speed River : report on proposed Guelph Dam and Reservoir : draft.

Consists of ts. (carbon copy) report concerning a proposed dam and reservoir on the Speed River upstream from the City of Guelph, Ontario, prepared by R.K. Kilborn & Associates, Consulting Engineers for the Grand Valley Conservation Authority. Includes soil stratigraphic charts and graphs, and 2 blueline drawings of the general plan of the reservoir and dam by R.K. Kilborn & Associates.

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Grand Valley Conservation Authority : Speed River : supplementary report on flood control measures : for the City of Guelph, Ont.

Consists of ts. supplement, dated February 16, 1956, to a Report on Flood Control Measures for the City of Guelph, Ontario, December 1, 1955 prepared by R.K. Kilborn & Associates Ltd, for the Grand Valley Conservation Authority. Includes cover letters and ts.(photocopy) resolutions of the City of Guelph regarding projects to control flooding of the Speed River.

Also present are 3 blueline drawings of the Speed River Dam and Edinburgh Road Bridge prepared by R.K. Kilborn & Associates Ltd, which are enclosed in pocket labelled : Plans submitted to Department of Lands and Forests, May 7, 1957.

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Grand Valley Conservation Authority : Speed River : tender submission on sluice gates on the Speed River in the City of Guelph.

Consists of a binder containing ts. tender documents relating to the construction of sluice gates on the Speed River in Guelph, Ont., prepared by Ardelt Industries of Canada Limited, Kitchener, for submission to the Grand Valley Conservation Authority. Includes completed form of tender, technical description, blueprints of sluice gates, blueline schematic wiring diagram and 5 photographs of samples of gates supplied by Fried, Krupp, Germany, the parent company of Ardelt Industries.

Inserted are the following : cover letter and additional correspondence from Ardelt Industries to the Grand Valley Conservation Authority and correspondence from R.K. Kilborn & Associates, Toronto, Ont. to the Grand River Conservation Authority.

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Grand Valley Conservation Authority : Speed River : the opening of the Wellington Street Dam : newsrelease and programme, October 8, [1957].

Consists of a ts. newsrelease prepared by the Grand Valley Conservation Authority regarding the opening of a new control dam on the Speed River just below the Wellington Street Bridge, and an Opening Ceremony programme with schedules of events by the Grand Valley Conservation Authority and the City of Guelph.

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Grand Valley Conservation Authority : Speed River Dam, City of Guelph, Ont. : contract documents for sluice gates : instructions to tenderers, forms and specifications, February, 1957.

Consists of ts.contract documents for the construction of sluice gates for the Wellington Street dam on the Speed River in the City of Guelph, prepared by R.K. Kilborn & Associates Ltd., Toronto, Ont. for the Grand Valley Conservation Authority.

Includes instructions to tenderers, form of tender, general conditions and specifications. Also includes advertisement from the Daily Commercial News and Building Record, (undated) notifying prospective tenders of the closing date for bidding for the supply and installation of sluice gates for the dam, and a letter from Ardelt Industries of Canada Limited to the Grand Valley Conservation Authority.

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Grand Valley Conservation Authority : Whiteman and Horner Creeks : streambank erosion control experimental scheme : submitted for approval to the Honourable Minister of Planning and Development, Ontario, August, 1958.

Consists of ts.(carbon copy) report on an streambank erosion control experimental scheme for Whiteman Creek, Brantford Township, Brant County, Ont. and Horner Creek, Burford Township, Brant County, Ont. submitted by the Grand Valley Conservation Authority to the Ontario Minister of Planning and Development in accordance with the requirements of the Conservation Act (R.S. 1950, Ch.62).

Includes blueline drawings of the Whiteman Creek site. Also present are : correspondence to and from the Ontario Department of Planning and Development; and copies of invoices, and accounts concerning the Whiteman Creek project.

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Grand Valley Conservation Authority : Whiteman Creek Project : development project.

Photocopied report on the Whiteman Creek Development Project presented to the Agricultural Rehabilitation and Development Branch, Ontario Department of Agriculture, by the Grand Valley Conservation Authority, January, 1963. Also includes 2 blackline maps of the Whiteman Creek Watershed.

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Grand Valley Conservation Foundation.

File consists of one photograph showing members of the Grand River Conservation Foundation.

Left to right: Betty Schneider, Laverne Asmussen, James Sare, Donald Noble, Hector Stewart, Robert Haworth, Jim Robinson, Jim Bauer. Identification from verso.

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GRCA Prologue, 1976; Galt Flood, April 6, 1929.

Consists of a DVD transfer of a two 16 mm films: GRCA prologue / Summit Film Productions Limited [for the Grand River Conservation Authority.] - [Reproduced 1978 (originally created 1929)]. and Galt flood, April 6, 1929 : original material for master and working print. - 1929.

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GRCA videocassettes transferred to DVDs.

Contents:

  • Disc A: 1. Grand Valley tornado damage : ground footage, June 4, 1985; 2. Grand Valley Tree Replacement, May 1986; Spring break-up, 1985; 3. Lake Erie shore damage survey, Dec. 3 and 6, 1985.
  • Disc. B: 1. Cambridge channel excavation, 1985; Three Centuries Festival, 1987; 2. Grand Valley tornado damage, 1986; 3. Flood footage : New Hamburg, Guelph Dam, Grand Valley, 1986; 4. Bank erosion : Brantford, March 13, 1986 ; High water, March 19, 1986 ; Bridge demolition, 11th Line, East Garafraxa, Aug. 5, 1986 ; Xmas party, 1986.
  • Disc. C: 1. Abandoned railway line, Cambridge to Brantford, 1988; 2. Abandoned railway line, Cambridge to Lynden, 1988; 3. Chilligo fish kill aftermath, Oct. 21, 1991; 4. Elora Gorge Conservation Authority : raw footage. Disc. D: 1. GRCA information night, Paris, June 5, 1981; 2. Weed harvesting, Pinehurst; stream rehabilitation, Galt Greek; 3. Guelph Dam : micro hydro opening ceremony, 1982. Disc E: 1. GRCA conservation areas : Winter footage, Jan 21, 1985; 2. Grand River, Cambridge to Brantford, Aerial, 1988; 3. Brantford to Middleport area, Aerial, 1988; 4. Middleport to Dunnville-Haldimand, Aerial, 1988; 5. Grand River : Conestogo to Elora, Aerial, 1989; 6. Grand River : Elora to Belwood Lake, Aerial, 1989. Disc. F: 1. Grand River : Belwood Lake to north of Grand Valley, aerial footage, 1989. Disc G: 1. Grand River, Brantford to Keldon, aerial footage, 1989.

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Guelph Dam micro-hydro opening and open house, June 16, 1982 : working file.

Consists of ts. materials relating to the opening of a micro-hydro demonstration project on the Speed River at the Guelph Dam, near Guelph, Ont. Includes correspondence, agenda, minutes of meetings held in preparation for the opening, ts. corrected draft of text for opening ceremony and a printed opening ceremony leaflet. The file probably belonged to Ralph Beaumont who at the time served as Information Supervisor of the GRCA Communications Division. The front of the file folder contains ms. notes concerning the opening.

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Guelph dam site : topographical map and articles.

Consists of a topographical map produced by the Geographical Section, Department of National Defence in 1939. The map has been annotated to show the Guelph and Eramosa damsites. The annotations may have been made at the design phase of the Guelph dam ca. 1971. Includes a reprint and mockup of an article titled, "Guelph Dam and Reservoir, Ontario," The Canadian Architect, (June, 1977), and an article titled "Guelph Micro-Hydro System," Your Valley (Spring, 1983).

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