Conestogo Dam stilling basin, Taquanyah Dam, Laurel Creek workshop construction.
- SCA205-GA183-60-1157
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- 1967-1969
Snapshots received from Ilmar Kao on his retirement.
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Conestogo Dam stilling basin, Taquanyah Dam, Laurel Creek workshop construction.
Snapshots received from Ilmar Kao on his retirement.
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Snapshots mounted on scrapbook pages with captions and identifications added, some loose, many lacking. Includes lists : one of properties purchased, one of lists of negative roll contents.
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Col. John McCrae Birthplace Museum, Guelph, Ont.
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Two photographs of unidentified bridges, one in a city, one a railway bridge.
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Brant Conservation Area : construction and Campvention, 1971.
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Belwood Lake photos, Shand dam
Five copy prints of construction machinery clearing the lake bed, one photograph of Shand Dam, Aug. 14, 1940 and 16 col. snapshots of Belwood Lake in the 1960's. These latter have tape on the verso and have adhered to each other. Also includes a photocopy of the Aug. 8, 1942 Globe and Mail account of the opening of the Shand Dam.
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Assorted openings and tours : Doon Pioneer Village official opening (file 21 of 21).
Some identifications provided on the verso.
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Assorted openings and tours : Shade's Mills official opening (file 18 of 21).
Some identifications provided on the verso.
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Assorted openings and tours : J.M. Schneider Grove, Laurel Creek Conservation Area (file 17 of 21).
Some identifications provided on the verso.
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Some identifications provided on the verso.
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Assorted openings and tours : Byng Island opening (file 15 of 21).
Some identifications provided on the verso.
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Assorted openings and tours : unidentified plaque unveiling (file 14 of 21).
Some identifications provided on the verso.
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Assorted openings and tours : Guelph Dam opening (file 13 of 21).
Some identifications provided on the verso.
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Assorted openings and tours : Taquanyah opening (file 12 of 21).
Some identifications provided on the verso.
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Assorted openings and tours : Special Committee, Shand Dam downstream, June 1 1967 (file 11 of 21).
Some identifications provided on the verso.
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Assorted openings and tours : Luther opening (file 10 of 21).
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Assorted openings and tours : unidentified presentation (file 9 of 21).
Some identifications provided on the verso.
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Undated snapshots (multiple copies) of GRCA Chairman Peter Krause presenting awards to identified individuals.
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Shand Dam : Belwood Lake sawmill, June 11, 1970 (file 6 of 7).
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Shand Dam sod-turning ceremony and official opening, 1939 (file 2 of 7).
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Shand Dam : Grand Valley Boards of Trade tour, 1935 (file 1 of 7).
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GRCA membership and staff photos : unidentified portrait (file 16 of 16).
Unidentified, undated candid portrait of two men with painting in background.
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Candid snapshot.
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GRCA membership and staff photos : board tours and meetings (file 15 of 16).
Snapshots taken on several tours in 1967, pasted on three pages labelled "General page 1, 2 and 3" . Includes Western Tour, Executive Tour, Brantford Board of Trade Tour, as well as meetings.
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GRCA membership and staff photos : Gordon Chaplin : portrait (file 13 of 16).
Studio portrait.
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GRCA membership and staff photos : Joe Connell : portrait (file 12 of 16).
Studio portrait.
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GRCA membership and staff photos : Haworth (file 11 of 16).
Studio portrait.
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GRCA membership and staff photos : staff portraits (file 10 of 16).
Candid group portraits. Some identifications provided on the verso.
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GRCA membership and staff photos : Woolwich Dam sod turning (file 9 of 16).
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GRCA membership and staff photos : Hugh Cameron, Supervisor of Dams (file 8 of 16).
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GRCA membership and staff photos : Garfield Disher at Byng Island (file 7 of 16).
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Group portraits. Some identifications provided on the verso of one print.
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GRCA membership and staff photos : board and staff (file 3 of 16).
Unidentified, undated group portraits. Some identifications provided on the verso of one print.
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Group portraits. Some identifications provided on the verso of one print.
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Group portraits. Some identifications provided on the verso of one print.
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Unidentified, untitled, undated photographs of the 1994 ceremony designating the Grand as a Heritage River. Peter Gzowski is among the speakers.
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Group portrait (5 copies), identifications provided.
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Unidentified, untitled, undated photograph (2 copies) of presentation ceremony.
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Elora Cataract Trailway ceremony.
Unidentified, untitled, undated photograph of a ceremony: speaker at microphone in front of the trailway board.
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Biennial Tour of conservation authorities, Sept. 30, 1979 , Holiday Inn, Cambridge.
Group portrait (4 copies): Gordon Pennington, John Stephen, Jim Bauer, Brock Harris, Dr. N.R. Richards, Lorne Murray, Dr. J.K. Reynolds.
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Grand River Conservation Authority : erosion control on the Nith River Watershed : original draft.
Consists of ts.draft student work report prepared by Harold A. Cockburn for the Department of Co-ordination and Placement, University of Waterloo. The report studies methods to control erosion along the Nith River Valley and is based upon the author's experience as a co-op student with the GRCA from August to December, 1969. Includes blueline contour and site maps and drawings of erosion control structures; also present are photographs of the Nith River
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Consists of a binder containing snapshots of the Caledonia Dam, Caledonia Ontario, the Woolwich Dam near Floradale, Ont. and gabion walls surrounding the Grand River at Paris, Ont. Identifications are provided on the sheets onto which the snapshots have been pasted.
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Rockwood Mill : preservation plan, July 1977 : report with both current and historic photos.
Folder containing material relating to the Rockwood Mill. Includes a report with tile "Preservation Plan for the Rockwood Mill" by Elizabeth Kruse dated July 4 1977, that contains 33 b&w photographs pasted in. Also includes a pamphlet entitled Rockwood Conservation Area : Times Past to Times Present, ca. 1975; a Harris Woolen Mill floor plan and number key, 1974; a topographical view; two original sketches.
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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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Consists of a ts. appraisal report regarding Shade's Mills Resevoir and Conservation Area, Township of North Dumfries, County of Waterloo, prepared for the Grand River Conservation Authority and the Government of Ontario, by L.J. Simmons, Senior Appraiser and R.T.C. Hilton, A.A.C.I, S.R.A, Ontario Land Economist, Manager of Appraisals, Associated Property Appraisers Limited, Don Mills, Ont.
The report includes site plans of the Shade's Mills Reservoir and Conservation Area; the addenda consists of 9 aerial photographs of the site and a report titled, "Forest product evaluation : Shade's Mills Conservation Area, Grand River Conservation Authority," by C.J.R. Wilde, R.P.F., Consulting Professional Forester for Associated Property Appraisers Limited.
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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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Consists of ts. report prepared by H.G. Acres & Company, Limited, Niagara Falls, Ont. for the Grand River Conservation Commission regarding design and testing of a model sluiceway for the Conestogo Dam, near Glen Allan, Ont. undertaken in 1953. Includes blueline drawings of the general arrangement of spillway, dam model, and stilling basin, prepared by H.G. Acres and Company in November, 1953, and photographs of the sluiceway model. Correspondence between the Grand River Conservation Commission and the Ontario Department of Planning and Development is inserted.
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Cambridge Dike : building inventory : phase 3.
Consists of ts. inventory undertaken by the Grand River Conservation Authority concerning houses and other buildings in the vicinity of the Parkhill Dam in the Concession Street, Water Street and Grand Avenue areas of downtown Cambridge, Ont. Includes photographs of buildings. Also includes correspondence between homeowners and the Mayor and City Council, Cambridge, Ont. and the Grand River Conservation Authority.
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Cambrige Dike : building inventory : phase 2.
Consists of ts. inventory undertaken by the Grand River Conservation Authority concerning houses and other buildings in the vicinity of the Parkhill Dam in the Water Street and Grand Avenue areas of downtown Cambridge, Ont. Includes photographs of buildings. Also present are blueline and photocopy maps, and a draft copy of legal agreement concerning flood protection measures by the GRCA.
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Cambridge Dike : building inventory : phase 1.
Consists of ts. inventory of houses and other buildings in the vicinity of the Parkhill Dam in the Water Street, Concession Street , Grand Avenue and Parkhill Road areas of downtown Cambridge, Ont. Includes photographs of the buildings and demolition dates.
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Consists a binder containing ts. materials relating to the construction of a composite bridge and the undertaking of channel improvement on the Conestogo River at Drayton, Ont. Includes correspondence to and from the Grand River Conservation Authority and provincial and municipal governments. Also includes photographs of the Conestogo River near Drayton, Ont., including views of the existing bridges.
Also present is a ts. (photocopy) report titled "Report on the Main Street Bridge over the Conestogo River, Village of Drayton, County of Wellington," by V.R. Astrop, Consulting Engineers, Ancaster, including blueline drawings of the proposed bridge. In addition, there are two blueline drawings of the channel improvement plan by an unidentified creator, possibly the GRCA.
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Project SWEEP : Grand River Experience : report, 1972.
Consists of a ts. report prepared by the Grand River Conservation Authority regarding the activities of students employed by the GRCA in the Grand River Experience Project, under the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Project SWEEP student employment program during the summer of 1972. Includes photographs of student employees.
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Grand River Conservation Authority : news releases, May 5, 1989 to December 1, 1997
Consists of ts.(photocopy) news releases and accompanying original photographs issued by the Grand River Conservation Authority.
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Grand River Conservation Authority : news releases, January 25, 1985 to December 8, 1987
Consists of ts.(photocopy) news releases and accompanying original photographs issued by the Grand River Conservation Authority.
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Grand River Conservation Authority : news releases, May 10, 1983 to December 7, 1984.
Consists of ts.(photocopy) news releases and accompanying original photographs issued by the Grand River Conservation Authority.
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Grand River Conservation Authority : news releases, May 7, 1975 to June 8, 1981.
Consists of ts.(photocopy) news releases and accompanying original photographs issued by the Grand River Conservation Authority.
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