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OBJECT TYPE: positive/print/b&w
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1966.0553.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: HYDRO QUEBEC PLANT
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 7
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Unknown

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 35.4 cm
Width: 27.8 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Energy-electric
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: PHOTOS DOCUMENT PLANT BUILT C.1892. IT IS UNKNOWN WHEN THESE PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN
Canada: DOCUMENTS THE PHYSICAL LAYOUT AND EQUIPMENT USED AT HYDRO ELECTRIC PLANT AT MONTMORENCY PQ CAN
Function: DOCUMENTS GRAPHICALLY A PARTICULAR SITE
Technical: THE FIRST POWERHOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1884 AND PRODUCED DC ONLY. THIS PLANT WAS BUILT IN 1892 IN A STONE BUILDING: THESE GENERATORS WERE INSTALLED IN 1894 OR 1895. THEY WERE BUILT BY THE ROYAL ELECTRIC CO. MONTREAL PQ: EACH WAS DRIVEN BY INDIVIDUAL WATER TURBINES MFD. BY STILLWELL BIERCE & SMITH-NAILLE CO., DAYTON OHIO (REF.1)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .6-.7 HANDWRITTEN IN BLUEINK ON UPPER EDGE: 'M2-4-89- Science Museum'/ HANDWRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING PHOTOS: 'Hydro Electric Plant/ Montmorency/ P. Que./ Also some photos of Rope Driver for Mill of/ Dominion Textile, Montmorency./ This Rope Drive system is in storage of Science Museum.' [NB: UNCONFIRMED FOLLOWING SEARCH OF NMST COLLECTION RECORDS]
Missing: PHOTOS ARE COMPLETE IN THEMSELVES
Finish: .1-.6 B&W MATT FINISH PHOTOGRAPHS;.7 B&W GLOSSY PHOTO
Decoration: N/A

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