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Hydro Builds New St. Lawrence
In Fabulous Seaway Power Plan
: By DON SOUTHCOTT
! What they’re doing to the St.
' Lawrence River above Cornwall,
I these days is nothing less than >
i fantastic.
I They’re darning it, dyking it,
‘drying it up, moving it, pump-
Jng it, rerouting it, building tun
nels underneath it and
over it.
“QUAL-1 They’re preparing to
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We are constantly adding new
accounts. Why? Ask our old
customers the reason. _ . .
ITY BLUE COAL and GOOD waters over 38.000 acres
SERVICE” is the answer. Buy • Cornwall. They’re moving com-
Bluc Coal from us. plcte towns - houses, stores,
churches, schools and cemeter- i
ies -- out of the valley. They’re
rerouting highways and railroad
lines and stripping the district
of anything that stands over two
feet high.
: By 1958, the landscape of the
entire area will be dramatically!
changed. Today’s map of the;
area will soon be obsolete. I
bridges
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The project: The St. Lawrence |
Seaway Power Project.
The object:/To provide Ontario;
and New York with 2,200,000'
hydro-electric horsepower and to
improve navigation on the Sea
way.
The cost: a billion Bucks.
Thursday and Friday, I toured
this area with 15 other editors
from Ontario, guests of the
H.E.P.C. Frankly, we were dum-
founded by the enormity of the
operation.
We saw construction at a point
where it is nearing the half-way
mark and where the work force
is now some 10,000 persons. Con-
I slruction, begun in 1954, is reach-
i ing its peak.
i Accompanied by officials of the
H.E.P.C., which is building the
project in association with the
Power Authority of the State of
New York, we saw not only var
ious sections of
velopment, now
sive shape, but
of what’s being
ilitate the people
Ied out when the
• pleted.
: Raise Water Level
Simply, the project is this:
• Ontario and New York need the
90efoot drop in the St. Lawrence
to generate power. But because
this fall is spread over a 125-
mile stretch of the river, it’s of
little value fox’ power purposes.
By building dams and dykes, en^
gineers are raising the water ; Long Sault to connect Iroquois I ferdams will be pumped out to
level all along the river so the • Point, on the Canadian side, to ' permit erection of the structure
drop can be concentrated at one point Rockway, on the Ameri-! on dry land.
, I can side- 11 wiU be over 2>500 Planning for this tremendous That point is Cornwall, a city feet wide. nroiect be "an back in 1913 whenof 20,000, where a giant power- Tn m ih;c nnnotmniim, ; E..
house,, two-thirds of a mile long!
and 160 feet high, is rising rap-1
idly. Tills huge structure is divided into two sections, one built j
by New York, the other by On-1
tario, which will house 16 gener
ating units each.
To permit construction of the
powerhouse, two coffer-type dams
were built so that water could
be diverted from the area. One
of them stretches 4,500 feet and
and is 200 times larger than the
proposed Morrison Dam in Us-
borne township. Both these struc
tures will be torn down when
the powerhouse is completed.
Over 3,500,000 cubic yards of
earth' and rock were excavated
from behind the cofferdams, to
make room for the powerhouse.
A huge concrete-mixing plant,
built right beside the construc
tion sight, has already provided
150,000 ’ cubic yards of cement
for the ..powerhouse.
Tunnels have been installed
under the Cornwall canal and the
diversion canal to permit con
struction of a pipeline and an
extensive conveyor system
carry cement, rock and sand
the mixing silos.
Only One Of Huge Structures
But the Cornwall powerhouse
is only one of a number of ma
jor structures in the ■ St. Lawr
ence project. Two major dams
' are also being constructed, one
at Long Sault to create the re
quired headpond.for the power
house, and another at Iroquois,
to control the flow of water from
Lake Ontario.
The Long Sault dam will be
located upstream from the gen
erating stations and will stretch
from the upper end of Barnhart
Island to the United States main
land. This dam and .the power
plant will combine to, maintain
the amount of water required
to operate the generators.
The Long Sault dam, which
features a curved-axis spillway,
will be over 2,000 feet long and
will have special heating ar
rangements to keep its gates
free of ice in winter time.
The Iroquois dam will be con
structed 25 miles upstream from
the actual de
taking impres-
also something
done to rehab-
who’ll be flood
project is com-
to
to
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HOW SEAWAY WILL LOOK—This sketch-photograph shows how the fabulous inter
national power and seaway development on the St. Lawrence will look- when completed
in 1958. Construction is near the half-way mark now. The entire project -will cost
Ontario and New York over one billion dollars. . . —.Hydro Photo
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In addition to this construction,; the commission began i’nvesti-
eight miles^of dyking will be built gating the power possibilities of
.. -........ gt. Lawrence River. But, al
though Ontario was able to show
the project was economically
feasible, Canadian and U.S. gov
ernments couldn’t agree
Negotiations continued
forties but this time the
States blocked attempts
it started. Finally in 1952, . when
Ontario foresaw a i"
on both sides of the powerhouse
area to contain the headpond.
The dykes have a maximum
height of 80 feet and a base
width of nearly 500.
An indication of the immense
size of the St, Lawrence Power
project is revealed in the fact
that about 2.7 million cubic yards
of concrete will be . needed for
all structures on both sides of
the river, requiring 1.7 million
tons of sand and 2.71 million
tons of stone. In addition, 20,600
tons of structural steel and 20,200
tons of gates, hoists and cranes
will be required.
Must Manipulate River
As fascinating as the finished
structures themselves are the
methods which must be .used to
construct them. Flow of ■ the
river has to be diverted numer
ous times in order to dewater
areas of construction. At the
same time, the navigation chan
nel of the seaway has to be kept
open at all times.
An,, example of manipulation
which must be dope to the river
is in the construction of Long
Sault Dam. The river at .that
point is now divided by Long
Sault Island.
The dam will be built in two
sections and while the southern
portion is being constructed, the
water from the south channel
will be diverted into the channel
north of Long’Sault Island. While
the northerly portion is being
constructed, the total flow of the
river will be diverted into
south channel.
. These diversions will be
complished by' means of
through Long Sault Island
the construction of four coffer
dams. The area within the cof-
the
ac-
cuts
and
Letter From
Brinsley
By MRS. CECIL ELLWOOD
Mr. Peter Doyle, a former res
ident of this community, passed
away’ suddenly at his home in
Mt. Carmel. The funeral ’ was
held Monday at Mt. Carmel.
Mr. Gordon Banting of Lucan
spent Thursday afternoon with
his brother,-. Mr. Hilt Banting.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Fenton and
children spent Sunday at Thorn
dale with Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Knapton.
Mrs. Edward Dixon and child
ren of Quirke Lake left for her
home after visiting with her
parents Mr. and Mrs. Carl Pick
ering for the past two weeks.
Miss Winnie Keogh of Ottawa
is spending a few holidays with
her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Andy'
Keogh. ’
Mr, and Mrs. Lloyd Odd and
Carolyh of Lucan spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Eilw'ood.
Mrs. Wm. Smith (nee-Lizzie
Darling) a former, resident < of
this community is quite ill in
Woodstock Hospital,
. This Week In k
Winchelsea
By MRS,’ F. HORNE
Mr. and’Mrs. Dale Armstrong
of Detroit were Sunday visitors
with Mr. ahd-Mrs. Gordon Ford.
Mrs, Bev. Morgan and boys of
Thames ’Hoad visited on Sunday
with her .parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Newton -Clarke.-
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gilfillan
and Randy-of Exeter visited ‘bn
Sundgy with Mr and Mrs. Colih
Gilfillan, ”
Mrs. Byron Hicks aad Stanley
of Centralia called -qt the hbfne
of Mr, and Mrs. Freeman Horne
on Sunday. • •
Mr. Bill Bobbs, Larry and
Wilma of Langton, Mr, and Mrs.
Cliff Brock and boys of Cred-
iton were Sunday -visitors with
Mrs, Minor Dobbs and Mr. hnd
Mrs. Ivan Brock and family.
Master Ricky Stephens returned
to Langton after spending twoto Langton after spending
weeks at the Brotjk home.
suitJack: “Is that tajst year’s
you’re wearing?”
MidMt’s my next
to it.
in the
United
to get
shortage of hydro, Canada form
ally announced she would build
the seaway herself if necessary.
By 1954, the U.S. had approved
it and contracts were let the
same year.
The power project, of course,
is tied in .with the improvement
of the navigation channel along
the international rapids. Federal
construction will provide deeper
canals for ships and reduce the
nqmber of locks from 10 to two,
At least one day will be saved
in navigatiqn time ahd much
larger ships will be permitted
desperate to come up the river.
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newWhen construction of the St, I chance to get settled iri their
Lawrence Power Project has ad- location,
vanced to the point where power |
can be generated, gates of the
Long Sault Dam will be lowered.
, and water will flood over 38,000
acres of country which has been
developed over several centur
ies.
Long before the gates are drop
ped, entire towns, farmhouses,
roadside garages, trees, and
other structures will be demol
ished of moved out of the area.
This phase of the St. Lawrence
project is a giant-task in itself.
Affected will be 6,500 persons
including seven small villages
and bne-third of the town of Mor
risburg, about 225 farms, 40
miles . of railway line and 35
miles of highway on the Can
adian side and a similar number
of farms and 500 cottage owners
on the American side.
On ’our tour of the Canadian
side oyer the weekend, we saw
this unusual operation in prog
ress.
We saw houses being moved
by giant machines from one site
to'another in a matter of min
utes..
We saw new towns being
ated.to replace old ones.
We travelled on roads
■would soon be riverbed . ...
watched new highways being
built to replace them.
Uprooting Communities
There’s a very human story
behind this part of the project.
It’s a tale of the uprooting of
centuries-old communities and
starting a new life and
by 6,000 people. All in
of progress.
At Iroquois, first of
munities to be moved,
dwellings have been _T_____
to the new site, a mile and one-
half away. Water and sewage
systems have been constructed,
landscaping completed and con
tracts, for'new schools, churches
and municipal office buildings
let. The. new shopping centre
where the town’s merchants will
.be .located, is well under way.
Hydro gave - residents in the
area the’choice-of moving their
house to the new site or selling
it to ’hydro and building a new
one. Residents get their choice
of location (and- of neighbors)
in the new site. . /
• The house-moving is a major
engineering feat. Huge machines
pick up the houses-chiria, furn
iture, plumbing and all-and de
posit them on new foundations
several miles away.
In many cases, the families
had breakfast on their old site,
■stayed for their noon meal in one
of the six stopover houses provid
ed by Hydro and moved into
their* house on the new site in
time to erfjoy supper there. Size
and structure of the buildings
-hardly makes any difference--,
stone and brick houses -arc
moved with frame ohos,
The houses are repaired-, given
a new coat of paint, and provid
ed with new heating systems.
Provide Transportation’
Wheft families are moved to
a new site, busses and taxis are
provided to permit them to get
to the old business section before
it, too, is moved.
Cemeteries ate moved, land
marks such as statues are pre
served.
Merchants are given choice of
location in the new shopping
centres, where plentiful parking
space is provided. No new mer
chants are allowed to move in
until five years after the opera
tion is completed in order to
cre-
that
and
| Six of the smaller villages are
being combined into two new
townsites,- all expertly planned,
Houses are located'aroUnd paved
crescents; shopping centres and
municipal church buildings arc
centrally located.
This phase of the St. Lawrence
Power Project is entirely differ
ent from the vast construction
work around, it, of course, be
cause it deals with families and
their homes. Hydro officials ad
mit they’ve had many headaches
in solving this problem.
To do it, H.E.P.C. located its representatives right in the area
when negotiations started. Long
before the final agreements were
signed, the officials and the
.people they were dealing with
were on first-name terms.
The squabbles over location,
money and settlement were
many. But now most of the peo
ple in the area are happy with
the arrangements. Newspaper
editors in the area report only
a few “crank” dissenters.
Hydro officials expect that by
1957,. manufacture of the new
Seaway valley will have been
completed.
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