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’ hipshaw Means More Powerltocanada, More A|uminum and Hanes or vidbry

A11, l), liawes, Aluminum w mo man of project.

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_ _ . _ i" . . p; ' , . - ' . i’ - - t H ‘ his huge rock cut first half of powerhouse. It will develop power wlnle

' he Saguenay river, workmen are racing against The dynamite used f” blastmi i? s, a carpenter Deep 1n Northern Quebec, on t

, _ ' bel b ‘lt. Cold ml t ' i from water is rmrrles "chip” 0n 5110111681‘ time to ﬁnish gigantic shipglaw’ on; of mg worwiﬁ lﬁiﬁﬁgphidg8o 3iijeft§ tbmgiitspmkigg éggvilgsliiogsrlgcttaguizz? lmggdiglgqwintgeltlllig m? of gg-beiblw temperatiirenwgcgi picture ‘taken. ' Three times as many genera rs as s own a ove _ _ , , - - - . p

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luuene lorasse is a welder one of hundreds on the job’.

forty-four powe- shovels and crane: 525 trucks and Six of these mammoth tunnels bore through 800 feet Welders crawl like ants on the belly of a section oﬁ the huge casing which G7 tractors are at present being used on excavation of rock to upper canal. Workman checking for leaks lines concrete tunnels. E ch tunnel is 30 feet 1n diameter, drops 200 feet, work to remove 7,800,000 cu. yards of rock and earth. are dwarfed by magnitude of steel and concrete tube. then runs 600 feet

Project will use 1,500,000 cu. yds. of cement.

A typical French Canadian workman, Chas. Lnrouche.

Amlré liroux, bricklayer, work's 0n elevator shaft. 'I.‘hcs'c~ are some of 10,600 men who helped push this

_ se nd dam are shown here framed by the majestic Connecting trnnsglnlssion lies i bitterly d job 111 Prmvct ahead in record used for pourin cement mixture into forms for casing of beauty of Northern Quebec's winter landscape. Chute A Caro

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Ankle deep in concrete, workmen bang at huge bucket The Chute b. Caron powerhou

, n was the first winter, but men ace it as part of day's work. Entirﬂ Entire works will cost more than ‘$100,000,000. power output will be used for producing war essentials.

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