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Awesome little giant that plunged half a continent into darkness last Tuesday was a relay device similar to this one
Awesome little giant that plunged half a continent into darkness last Tuesday was a relay device similar to this one

Awesome little giant that plunged half a continent into darkness last Tuesday was a relay device similar to this one

Date1/1/1965
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Original Toronto Star caption: Awesome little giant that plunged half a continent into darkness last Tuesday was a relay device similar to this one. Ontario Hydro took the blame yesterday for the super short-circuit after tracing it to a backup relay; a glorified fuse 18 inches long; at Queenston generating station. Finger points to one segment.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0008832F
Blackout: Drivers and pedestrians made their way slowly and carefully along Front street wednesday night after a blackout plunged large areas of Toronto into darkness
Blackout: Drivers and pedestrians made their way slowly and carefully along Front street wednesday night after a blackout plunged large areas of Toronto into darkness
4/29/1990
Image of a lit lightbulb
Toronto Electric Light Company reliable service
Approximately 1886
The cree of the James Bay area have one of the last non-dependent native cultures in North America
The cree of the James Bay area have one of the last non-dependent native cultures in North America
5/17/1972
The 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 Fontaine
The 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 Fontaine
4/26/1990
It'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 Oshawa
It'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 Oshawa
4/30/1975
Lineman 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 Georgetown
Lineman 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 Georgetown
7/26/1973
Power 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 map
Power 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 map
3/1/1991
It is an expensive business to maintain construction camps in a hostile environment, like this one at the James Bay hydro project in northern Quebec. (...)
It is an expensive business to maintain construction camps in a hostile environment, like this one at the James Bay hydro project in northern Quebec. (...)
3/25/1974
Bill 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(...)
Bill 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(...)
11/18/1973
The Indians are angry because no one consulted them before plans were made for the area
The Indians are angry because no one consulted them before plans were made for the area
5/17/1972
Cree 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'(...)
Cree 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'(...)
5/17/1972
Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, last page of contract signed with City of Toronto
Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, last page of contract signed with City of Toronto
1908