Statement and Engineering Report by the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario

Entry/Object ID

2021.009.001

Description

Blue hard covered book entitled: Statement and Engineering Report by the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario Submitted to the International Joint Commission Respecting the Proposal to Develop the St. Lawrence River, 1921. Book was published by the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario in Toronto in 1925. It includes a number of fold-out maps and diagrams for three "schemes" or plans for the power project. Inserted within are two newspaper clippings about the "Third Scheme," a small card stating that this book is a complimentary copy for/to Mr. F. R. Martin, and a piece of folded paper with a typewritten financial report entitled "St. Law. Deep Waterway, Controlled Single State Project, 238-242," dated January 3, 1941. Binding is cracked. At least one "plate" or drawing is separated from the book.

Acquisition

Accession

2021.009

Source or Donor

Joel M. Howard, III

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Electricity, Dams, Water, Rivers

Search Terms

Ontario, Canada, St. Lawrence River, power, hydro power

Book Details

Author

The Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario

Date Published

1925

Name/Title

Statement and Engineering Report by the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario