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Train carrying rotor and stator for the Deer Lake Power Plant.
July, 1924
Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada
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Train carrying rotor and stator for the Deer Lake Power Plant.

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Early construction of the Deer Lake Power House.
1923
Western Newfoundland
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Early construction of the Deer Lake Power House.

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Building Power Station Penstocks.
1923
Western Newfoundland
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Building Power Station Penstocks - 1923.

These long inclined tubes, when fully constructed, would each carry water from the intake to a turbine generator. The electricity created would then be transferred via high-tension transmission lines.

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Labourer housing at Deer Lake.
September, 1924
Western Newfoundland
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Laborer Housing.

A camp for labour crews at Deer Lake, Sept 1924. During the construction of the hydroelectric power station, the area quickly developed into a permanent community of 3,000 workers. Most workers would leave after the construction was finished, but the plant employees would remain. Eventually the community would grow and expand, making it one of those rare exceptions in Newfoundland – a town that grew in the interior, away from the coast.

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Deer Lake Hydroelectric Power Station Intake
1928
Western Newfoundland
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8 ft. logs in holding boom behind Deer Lake Power Station Intake, 1928.

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Construction of the Main Dam, between Deer Lake and Grand Lake.
1924
Western Newfoundland
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Construction of Main Dam at Grand Lake in 1924.

In 1922, survey parties were sent to Grand Lake to begin building the crib dam that will divert water from Junction Brook so that Main Dam can be built. This marks the beginning of the Hydroelectric Power Plant being built.

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The construction of Main Dam between Deer Lake and Grand Lake, in 1924.
1924
Western Newfoundland
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View of Main Dam under construction, looking downstream. Grand Lake, 1924.