83src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173171/fullIt is an expensive business to maintain construction camps in a hostile environment, like this one at the James Bay hydro project in northern Quebec. (...)3/25/1974Calleja, FrankTSPA_0008867F7720209368967src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173081/fullDousing blaze: Ontario Hydro worker sprays hydro lines coated with oil after the transformer explosion4/25/1990Faught, KenTSPA_0008822F7721552368922src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173219/fullMunicipal powers5/17/1972Toronto Star (Firm)TSPA_0008891F7723823368991src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173121/fullHydro Power - Canada - Ontario - miscellaneous 1966 - 1970n.d.Toronto Star (Firm)TSPA_0008842F7716454368942src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2147491/fullHydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, signing of contract with City of Toronto, by the city5/7/1908Ontario HydroC1-100A7726979355189src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173101/fullAwesome little giant that plunged half a continent into darkness last Tuesday was a relay device similar to this one1/1/1965Darrell, DickTSPA_0008832F7728130368932src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173137/fullAnother Hydro Pole goes up, Our studies show there's lots of power12/17/1973Norris, DaveTSPA_0008850F7744226368950src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173131/fullPower underpriced?, Economic Council of Canada study shows electricity may be underpriced1/11/1979McConnell, ColinTSPA_0008847F7741885368947src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173151/fullNo deterrent9/22/1981Dexter, BrianTSPA_0008857F7763927368957src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173133/fullWashing off the salt1/21/1974Darrell, DickTSPA_0008848F7766263368948src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173155/fullCoal-burner6/29/1970Barkley, HaroldTSPA_0008859F7759325368959src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173205/fullDrill Foreman Roger Meassicotte, I lost $80 playing cards11/29/1973Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022TSPA_0008884F7756703368984src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173079/fullExplosion aftermath: Tom Griffiths, Ontario Hydro's Toronto district manager, stands to the right of the transformer that exploded4/25/1990Faught, KenTSPA_0008821F7755321368921src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173153/fullFlying High: While the politicians who run hydro commissions may not enjoy a high profile, the power they wield is high voltage in administering budgets in the millions9/12/1988Dunlop, AlTSPA_0008858F7758416368958src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173183/fullThe cree of the James Bay area have one of the last non-dependent native cultures in North America5/17/1972Beaty, KeithTSPA_0008873F7766763368973src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173195/fullJosie Sam, who runs a fuel station in Fort George says5/17/1972Beaty, KeithTSPA_0008879F7767401368979src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173179/fullPower Projects: Quebec natives are trying to stop hydro stations like this one on La Grande River from being built in Great Whale project, indicated on map3/1/1991Henton, DarcyTSPA_0008871F7792013368971src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173221/fullNative rights: A special clause has been inserted into the charter to reassure native groups,that their language rights and other privileges will not be threatened3/7/1974Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022TSPA_0008892F7773108368992src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173211/fullNorthern dream: This is a section of the James Bay hydroelectric project, a vital component of Premier Robert Bourassa'a strategy11/29/1973Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022TSPA_0008887F7773414368987src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173227/fullThis James Bay woman and her baby are among inhabitants of James Bay area designated for phase II of the Hydro-Quebec power project8/1/1991Henton, DarcyTSPA_0008895F7772293368995src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173169/fullToronto Hyro underground tunnel filled with fibre optic cables8/28/1997Stawicki, AndrewTSPA_0008866F7769987368966src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173189/fullOn the fringes of Matagami: Edward Ottereyes, 79, and wife Maria, 58, walk with their granddaughter, Linda, 411/20/1973Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022TSPA_0008876F7770143368976src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173159/fullOn the waterfront1/11/1979Cooper, DavidTSPA_0008861F7780891368961src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173127/fullIt's all in a day's work, A helicopter plucks a man from a power line, taking him from one job site to another on the 230-volt high-tension line between Cherrywood and Oshawa4/30/1975Beaty, KeithTSPA_0008845F7777237368945src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173119/fullDoing the arithmetic that determines how much electrical power production is costing in Ontario at the moment, and whether a surplus is available, Hyd(...)8/18/1970James, NormanTSPA_0008841F7776668368941src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173105/fullGetting together at seven Islands for historic first shipment of Ungava iron ore to U8/3/1954Feeny, EdwinTSPA_0008834F7785154368934src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173117/fullGoing up: Reader says question of whether nurses or Hydro linemen should be paid more depends on whether you are sick or in need of electricity4/2/1969Innell, Reg, 1926-2018TSPA_0008840F7784691368940src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173163/fullA change of light, Replacing and maintaining lightbulbs in city street lamps is a full-time job for several Toronto Hydro work crews7/5/1973Loek, DickTSPA_0008863F7751136368963src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173165/fullRuck still smoulders after a blast at a Hydro sub-station blacked out downtown Toronto yesterday for 43 minutes7/31/1969Norris, DaveTSPA_0008864F7803329368964src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173085/fullBlackout: Drivers and pedestrians made their way slowly and carefully along Front street wednesday night after a blackout plunged large areas of Toronto into darkness4/29/1990Bock, TonyTSPA_0008824F7802108368924src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173095/fullThe water carriers: The power failure that blacked out North York for up to 25 hours during the weekend also left some apartment dwellers high and dry7/17/1977McConnell, ColinTSPA_0008829F7805039368929src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173203/fullRoman Catholic Mission is part of the way of life of Fort ge5/17/1972Beaty, KeithTSPA_0008883F7795467368983src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173167/fullDoctor in the house: Around Toronto Hydro, David Nurse, 36, is known as the doctor, for his expertise in fixing underground cables8/21/1990Slaughter, MikeTSPA_0008865F7794866368965src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173199/fullHydro Power - Canada - Quebec - James Bay - Maps11/29/1973Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022TSPA_0008881F7800884368981src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173193/fullIndian hunters and trappers who live in the vast area to be affected by James Bay $6 billion development project fear damming of rivers will destroy t(...)5/17/1972Beaty, KeithTSPA_0008878F7838025368978src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173093/fullHelping hand4/25/1990Bock, TonyTSPA_0008828F7838080368928src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173175/full'The question is, when you have two hands on the tap, who controls the tap?' says a former environment minister11/29/1973Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022TSPA_0008869F7835627368969src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173129/fullLineman spares that tree, Ontario Hydro lineman Bernie Dore installs a line on new main feeder poles, eight feet taller than the old ones (right), going through Georgetown7/26/1973Norris, DaveTSPA_0008846F7835771368946src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173177/fullEnvironmental cause: Quebec Crees, like this trapper near the site of the Great Whale hydro project, have won the support of many American environmentalists9/11/1991Henton, DarcyTSPA_0008870F7843036368970src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173147/fullA broken power line is repaired by Mississauga lineman Bob Nelson early today after an area of the town was blacked out by wind, freezing rain and sno(...)2/22/1971Norris, DaveTSPA_0008855F7844234368955src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173213/fullHydro Power - Canada - Quebec - James Bay - miscellaneous11/29/1973Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022TSPA_0008888F7840445368988src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173115/fullA busy day on Toronto hydro poles, More action, still, when Hydro sells the poles4/2/1969Innell, Reg, 1926-2018TSPA_0008839F7842449368939src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173111/fullFour Sentinels: Boats nestle along the Port Credit waterfront against a backdrop of smokestacks at Mississauga's Lakeview Thermal Generating Station8/7/1992Toronto Star (Firm)TSPA_0008837F7806101368937src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173113/fullLocation of Ontario power lines could make or break Quebec's James Bay power dam9/22/1969Norris, DaveTSPA_0008838F7820595368938src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173125/fullHomes built right next to Hydro right of way in Mississauga6/6/1979Slaughter, MikeTSPA_0008844F7820846368944src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173209/fullHydro Power - Canada - Quebec - James Bay - miscellaneous11/29/1973Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022TSPA_0008886F7823686368986src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173123/fullBaby, It's cold up there!, Ontario Hydro worker Vern Gunley, pruning trees along hydro lines at Steeles Ave1/30/1973Norris, DaveTSPA_0008843F7812919368943src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173107/fullBird's Eyeview of the project. It will feed Port Arthur and Fort William. Its 240-foot steel surge tank reduces water-hammer pressures and will provid(...)10/20/1948Mantere, Arnold L.TSPA_0008835F7836143368935src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173141/fullA worker in Mississauga braves the cold and wind to help ensure motorists have enough light to make it home safely at night. He was changing a streetl(...)1/31/1992Gower, PattiTSPA_0008852F7836362368952src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173197/fullHome from the hunt: There'll be goose meat roasting in the teepees of Fort George, in the centre of town where huts and washing lines are scattered higgledy-piggledy5/17/1972Beaty, KeithTSPA_0008880F7837395368980src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173225/fullWorkers on the James Bay power project in Matagami, Que11/23/1973Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022TSPA_0008894F7837477368994src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173091/fullHappy glow: A bright spot in the blackout for Melissa Malster was the birth of her son, not named yet, at Mount Sinai Hospital after labor in the dark4/27/1990Bull, RonTSPA_0008827F7832087368927src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173139/fullLosing power: Hydro's setbacks were launched when it asked for a 13-per-cent price hike for 19839/6/1973Norris, DaveTSPA_0008851F7836992368951src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173201/fullOil Drums, the scourge of the north and worth about 12 dollars apiece pile up everywhere11/29/1973Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022TSPA_0008882F7822460368982src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173083/fullThe shocks, Man does pretty well at supplying himself from nature1/10/1966Darrell, DickTSPA_0008823F7826830368923src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173207/fullThe La Grande flows west (north) West into James bay (to bottom of pic) The swath cut into the trees (top of pix) now covered with snow with be the fi(...)11/29/1973Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022TSPA_0008885F7820113368985src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173187/fullHelping to build a new addition to the family's trapper's camp in the woods, Kathleen Jolly snow-shoes through the bush to gather spruce branches for flooring of shelter made of spliced saplings3/7/1974Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022TSPA_0008875F7808166368975src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173223/fullGhislain Fillion, 32, loads survival gear - cable, shovel, axe, sleeping bag and food - into his truck in Matagami, Que11/25/1973Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022TSPA_0008893F7819390368993src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173097/fullWhen the lights went on after last night's power failure pedestrians found streetcars lined up11/10/1965Philp, BarryTSPA_0008830F7807667368930src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173173/fullFort George is the largest community in the region that will be affected by Quebec's plans for the east shore of James Bay. The 1,250 Indians who live there fear it will be flooded5/17/1972Beaty, KeithTSPA_0008868F7846358368968src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173099/fullEverything was backwards when Roy Teal, system supervisor at the Ontario Hydro control centre at Richview substation near Malton, examined instruments(...)11/10/1965Philp, BarryTSPA_0008831F7830090368931src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173089/fullHeaded home: TTC passengers jammed special shuttle buses when thousands of would-be subway riders were left stranded on street corners to wait up to an hour for buses4/25/1990Slaughter, MikeTSPA_0008826F7848941368926src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173229/fullThe final step before the lights go on again is taken by Frank sackfield up a hydro pole1/15/1960Darrell, DickTSPA_0008896F7857937368996src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173087/fullThe guilty one! Blown-off top of transformer (rear) at Leaside hydro station that caused last night's blackout is inspected today by Ontario Hydro worker Darrell Fontaine4/26/1990Gower, PattiTSPA_0008825F7855985368925src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173191/fullJames Jolly, Stalking a moose3/7/1974Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022TSPA_0008877F7859106368977src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173103/fullFor power-hungry alberta, What may have been the largest piece of machinery ever unloaded in Toronto harbor came off the Manchester Faith on Saturday5/3/1969Darrell, DickTSPA_0008833F7856362368933src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173231/fullUnder wraps1/16/1991Stuparyk, MichaelTSPA_0008897F7850839368997src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173181/fullThe Indians are angry because no one consulted them before plans were made for the area5/17/1972Beaty, KeithTSPA_0008872F7839682368972src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173109/fullPile of Power: A vehicle climbs over a mountain of coal, 31 metres high (100 feet) at the station, where an ambitious project will extend its lifespan5/28/1992Toronto Star (Firm)TSPA_0008836F7840196368936src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173217/fullCree Trapper Philip Cox, shown at home with daughter, Evelyn, 8, is one of the few Indians who still rely on trap lines for most of their income. Cox'(...)5/17/1972Beaty, KeithTSPA_0008890F7861498368990src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173149/fullHydro Power - Canada - Ontario - miscellaneous 198012/15/1997Spremo, BorisTSPA_0008856F7785620368956src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173161/fullPollution fighter: This 700-foot smokestack, built two years ago at a cost of $9 million, was designed to reduce air pollution at Ontario Hydro's Hearn generating plant on Toronto's waterfront8/3/1972Spremo, BorisTSPA_0008862F7794915368962src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173157/fullPollution from coal plants will dump millions of tons of acid on Canada7/17/1970Spremo, BorisTSPA_0008860F7842032368960src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173135/fullNow, in-sert plug 'A' in socket 'B', These men in the street are Toronto Hydro workers Sid Byatt, left, and Rob McEldon at work in a manhole at the fo(...)1/3/1974Spremo, BorisTSPA_0008849F7809922368949src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173145/fullView? what view?, The good news about working as a Toronto Hydro Lineman like Steve Ruscitti is the great vistas of Toronto neighborhoods from the raised bucket he works in all day11/16/1989Spremo, BorisTSPA_0008854F7815507368954src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173185/fullBill Ottereyes, a Cree and a Waswonipi band councillor, holds a beaver skin in his one-room shack in Matagami, gateway to the land in which the huge J(...)11/18/1973Spremo, BorisTSPA_0008874F7739127368974src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173215/fullJean Paquette of Montreal hands a bag to Albert Perron, 35, also of Montreal as they reach Matagami from the bush north of it, where they worked on $6(...)11/18/1973Spremo, BorisTSPA_0008889F7729303368989src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2173143/fullAbandoned: The Wesleyville Generating Station will not be completed because of rising oil prices and unstable supplies2/18/1979Cooper, DavidTSPA_0008853F7745931368953src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2147493/fullHydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, last page of contract signed with City of Toronto1908Ontario HydroC1-100B7725865355190src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2159038/fullMoisture Separator Reheater (MSR) inside Darlington Nuclear Power Station8/29/1988Mahler, JohnTSPA_0002401F7798505361952src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2214920/fullHydro progress in Ontario1919Liberal Conservative Party of Ontario1919-HYDRO-PROGRESS-SB7892236377067src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2100742/fullHydro Transformer Station, Millwood Road, east side, between Village Station Road and Overlea Boulevard, Toronto, Ontario1938-02Dominion Government Secretary of StateTS-2-125-GO-4627837267328998src: https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/internal/media/dispatcher/2228519/fullFor accurate tests power plant experts use Weston InstrumentsApproximately 1930Powerlite Devices LimitedCA-1930-WESTON-VS7904018382745