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Half a village farmhouses and part of a railroad line will vanish beneath 70 feet of water when the sluice gates of this Grand river dam at Fergus, On(...)
Half a village farmhouses and part of a railroad line will vanish beneath 70 feet of water when the sluice gates of this Grand river dam at Fergus, On(...)

Half a village farmhouses and part of a railroad line will vanish beneath 70 feet of water when the sluice gates of this Grand river dam at Fergus, On(...)

Date3/22/1941
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Original Toronto Star caption: Half a village farmhouses and part of a railroad line will vanish beneath 70 feet of water when the sluice gates of this Grand river dam at Fergus, Ont., are opened some time this year. The project has already cost $1,500,000 and will protect towns along the river from spring floods.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0108176F
80 Acres of Glistening Clay lie below workmen repairing the sluice gates on the Kelso Conservation Area dam
80 Acres of Glistening Clay lie below workmen repairing the sluice gates on the Kelso Conservation Area dam
10/7/1975
Flood waters released through the Shand dam into the Grand river at the rate of 18,276 cubic feet per second today led to the worst flood since 1929 a(...)
Flood waters released through the Shand dam into the Grand river at the rate of 18,276 cubic feet per second today led to the worst flood since 1929 a(...)
4/12/1947
The Maw family home is typical of the Gothic farmhouses built in Ontario circa 1850
The Maw family home is typical of the Gothic farmhouses built in Ontario circa 1850
2/1/1990
Country life, subdivision-style, Not all of Ontario's rural women live in old farmhouses
Country life, subdivision-style, Not all of Ontario's rural women live in old farmhouses
5/29/1974
Mosquitoes breed at unused dam, The water in the abandoned Erindale dam, TOP, dropped eight feet this spring when frost took out a large V-shaped piec(...)
Mosquitoes breed at unused dam, The water in the abandoned Erindale dam, TOP, dropped eight feet this spring when frost took out a large V-shaped piec(...)
7/11/1941
Flying from the heat, three boys dive together from the 25-foot-high Erindale Dam for a cooling dip in the feet of water in the Credit River below. To(...)
Flying from the heat, three boys dive together from the 25-foot-high Erindale Dam for a cooling dip in the feet of water in the Credit River below. To(...)
8/9/1971
Flying from the heat, three boys dive together from the 25-foot-high Erindale Dam for a cooling dip in the five feet of water in the Credit River belo(...)
Flying from the heat, three boys dive together from the 25-foot-high Erindale Dam for a cooling dip in the five feet of water in the Credit River belo(...)
8/9/1971
Another old landmark passes. A landmark for half a century will vanish when the house of the O'Brien homestead, shown above, at the corner of Willard (...)
Another old landmark passes. A landmark for half a century will vanish when the house of the O'Brien homestead, shown above, at the corner of Willard (...)
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When a two-mile long ice jam which formed above Walkey's dam at Fergus, Ont
When a two-mile long ice jam which formed above Walkey's dam at Fergus, Ont
2/22/1937
The rest of the treasure will be protected from more treasure hunting once the big spillway and gates (RIGHT) start raising the water far above the ho(...)
The rest of the treasure will be protected from more treasure hunting once the big spillway and gates (RIGHT) start raising the water far above the ho(...)
8/9/1941
Grand river flood conservation of Fergus
Grand river flood conservation of Fergus
9/1/1938
[Circular] : the death of Mr. Gates on the 11th, and of Mr. Bancroft on the 19th instant ... has rendered it proper for me, as the sole surviving part(...)
[Circular] : the death of Mr. Gates on the 11th, and of Mr. Bancroft on the 19th instant ... has rendered it proper for me, as the sole surviving part(...)
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