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			"The history of the electrical industry in Manitoba tells the story of expediency, foresight and public responsibility.", //0 pictures start at 1

"The History of Electric Power in Manitoba highlights some of the milestones in the electrical industry in Manitoba, as well as the development of Manitoba Hydro and some of the significant events in the utility’s history.", //1

"1873 - The Honourable Robert Atkinson Davis moved to the village of Winnipeg in 1870 and built Davis House. In 1874, he was elected to the Manitoba legislative assembly and in December of that year he became premier of Manitoba. Best known for negotiating a good financial deal with Ottawa for the new province, he resigned his post on October 16, 1878 and moved to Chicago, where he became a wealthy businessman. He died in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1903.", //2

			"Mr. Donald A. Smith, co-founder of the Winnipeg Gas Company, is shown in one of the most famous Canadian photographs ever published. As president of the Bank of Montreal, he is driving the last spike on the Canadian Pacific Railroad at Craigellachie, B.C. on November 7, 1885.", //3
			
			"Winnipeg in 1880, looking northwards on Main Street from Graham Avenue.", //4
			
			
			"An early WESR.Co. aerial ladder crew working on an electric trolley line in 1905. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, electricity was primarily used for transportation and street lighting. The device on the front of the streetcar is a 'people catcher' not a 'cow catcher', such as those used on the front of railway locomotives. The catcher prevented hapless pedestrians from falling under the wheels of streetcars should they be struck by streetcars. The device reportedly saved many lives.", //5
			
			
			"The Assiniboine steam plant's capacity was originally measured in horsepower, a unit of power in the Imperial system equal to 550 foot-pounds per second, which is approximately 746 watts (W). A watt is a unit of power in the metric system. The Assiniboine steam plant's capacity in 1895 was rated at 750 horsepower. The term horsepower was initially used to describe the power of pumps, beginning in about 1806. As time passed, horsepower was used to describe the power of a variety of mechanical devices, such as steam engines.", //6


			"Winnipeg in 1873, looking northwards on Main Street from the corner of Portage Avenue. Highlighted in the middle of the photo is Davis House.", //7


			"Main Street in Winnipeg in 1894 - looking northwards from Portage Avenue - two years after the Winnipeg Electric Street Railway Company (WESR.Co.) ran its first electric streetcar down the street.", //8


			"Judge David Marr Walker.", //9
			
			"Minnedosa River Plant was the first hydroelectric generating station in Manitoba. Its powerhouse contained two vertical water wheels connected by bevel gears to a line shaft driving two 1,100-V alternators. Six transformers increased the power to 11,800 V for transmission to the substation at 10th Street and Lorne Avenue in Brandon - now the site of Manitoba Hydro's customer service office in western Manitoba. The spillway was built with a 6.7-m head, or waterfall, and was 18.3 m wide. After the flood discharge in the spring, timber stop logs were placed in the spillway, raising the water an additional 3 m to the top of the dam and providing a working head of 9 m. The 79-m-long timber dam was built with 13 rows of tamarack piling (between 4.8 m to 15 m in length) driven close together into the river's clay bottom. The dam's upper side was faced with tongue-and-groove lumber.", //10
			
			"WERCo logo.", //11
			
			
			"Pinawa Generating Station, built by the Winnipeg Electric Railway Company (WERCo.), first delivered power to Winnipeg in 1906.", //12
			
			"Pointe du Bois Generating Station was built by the City of Winnipeg Hydro Electric System (City Hydro) to counterbalance the growing monopoly of the privately owned WERCo. The first power produced at Pointe du Bois was delivered to Winnipeg in 1911.", //13
			
			"The erection of the first tower on the Manitoba Power Commission's system took place on October 3, 1919. Witnessing the event were three of the engineers who planned MPC's transmission line network (Winnipeg to Portage la Prairie): Mr. C. Gunn, Mr. T. Kirby and Mr. J. Rochetti, MPC's first chief engineer.", //14
			
			"The Honourable G.H. Grierson, Minister of Public Works, was the first Cabinet Minister to be given responsibility for MPC. He was appointed in 1919.", //15
			
			"Mr. J.M. Leamy, the first MPC Commissioner, was appointed in July 1919.", //16
			
			"Pinawa Generating Station was located close to the Pinawa townsite, seen at upper right.", //17
			
			"Inside Pinawa Generating Station, on the mezzanine floor, are the plant's controls and one of the operators (seated at the desk). The photo was taken about 1910.", //18

		"This float illustrating the transmission of electricity from the generating station to the substation, and from there to homes and businesses, celebrated the first delivery of power from Pinawa in 1906.", //19


	"1920 - The Portage la Prairie substation in 1920 was known as MPC Substation No. 2. This structure terminated MPC's first transmission line which linked Winnipeg to Portage la Prairie. The substation was energized on August 21, 1920. Power was supplied by Pointe du Bois Generating Station.", //20

			"History was made on August 16, 1920 when the MPC Substation No. 1 at Scotland Avenue in Winnipeg began transmitting power from Winnipeg to Portage la Prairie. Staff involved in the planning and construction of the transmission line gathered at the substation to witness this significant moment in history.",  //21
			
			
			"WERCo logo.", //22
			
			
			"Development work at Great Falls on July 13, 1928. Work crews used barges to place material on the rockfill dam.", //23
			
			"Workers at Great Falls and their families lived next to the generating station in a townsite built by the electrical utility.", //24
			
			"The Manitoba Power Commission's Cook by Wire float as it appeared in a parade in Carman on May 24, 1926. The electric stove on the float was the only one available for sale in the town.", //25
			
			"Electricity helped with the threshing process on the farm of Mr. D. S. Brown on August 18, 1926.", //26
			
			"In 1936, the first pole was erected for distributing electricity in the town of Belmont, located in south-western Manitoba. The transmission line network, established for bringing electricity to various towns in Manitoba, later formed the infrastructure for the massive Farm Electrification program.", //27
			
			"District Supervisors gathered for the Manitoba Power Commission Annual Conference in 1938. Behind them is the entrance to the 10th Street MPC office in Brandon, which today is Manitoba Hydro's customer service office in western Manitoba.", //28
			
			"No cutline", //29
			
			"Shattered poles strewn in ditches and fields, and the devastated MPC workers' campsite, were just two examples of the damage created by a cyclone on July 29, 1921.", //30


			"Mr. Herbert Cottingham, Chairman of the Manitoba Power Commission from 1932 until 1946, had the responsibility for steering MPC through some of its most troubled waters.", //31
			
			"Mr. J.W. Sanger served as Vice-Chairman of the Manitoba Power Commission from 1932 to 1945. He worked closely with Cottingham to revive the fortunes of the struggling utility.", //32
			
			"No cutline", //33
			
			"Electricity helped to improve the efficiency of operations on farms in Manitoba, as well as to improve the lifestyle of farm families.", //34
			
			"No cutline", //35
			
			"An MPC business representative (with hand on the motor) explained the workings of an electric motor at a Field Day in 1948. Farmers quickly created new ways of using electric motors to lessen their workloads.", //36
		
			"Utility field day on a farm near Hamiota during the summer of 1948. The men learned about the benefits of using electricity to help them with their chores, while the women went indoors to learn from an MPC home economist about the benefits of modern electric appliances. ", //37
			
			"No matter what the terrain was like, line crews worked in all types of conditions to construct transmission and distribution lines for the Farm Electrification program.", //38

			"Pine Falls Generating Station on the Winnipeg River was the first project to be undertaken after the Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board Development Act was passed.", //39
			
			
			"In the early 1950s, MPC crews used modern vehicles and communicating equipment to bring electricity to farms as quickly as possible.", //40
			
			"In 1954, MPC celebrated connecting the 100,000th customer to the provincial power system through the Farm Electrification program.", //41
			
			"Brandon Generating Station was MHEB's first thermal (coal burning) generating station. With a capacity of 237 MW, it was designed to supplement the hydroelectric generating stations during periods of extreme drought.", //42
			
			"McArthur Generating Station was the second power project built by MHEB, and was the last plant to be constructed on the Winnipeg River.", //43
			
			"The flood of 1950 was a major disaster for all those who lived in the Red River valley. This photo features the approach to the Norwood Bridge looking toward downtown Winnipeg. Every able bodied person pitched in to help authorities battle the flood waters. Trolley buses, like the one pictured, were rapidly taking over from streetcars as the main vehicle for public transportation at that time.", //44
			
			"For many years, MPC sold electric appliances in its showroom in down-town Winnipeg. This was how it appeared in the 1930s.", //45
			
			"Members of MHEB, MPC and WECo. sign the agreement for the purchase of WECo.'s distribution properties by MHEB. In front (left to right) are Messrs. W.D. Fallis, D.M. Stephens, and G.E. Sharpe. In the back row (left to right) are Messrs. George Reid, Ray Wildgoose, T.E. Storey, A.W. Wrighton, J.R. McInnes, W. Fraser, J.W. Sanger, and A.H. Watson.", //46
			
			"District crews gathered in 1959 to perform the task of tightening hardware along the Glenboro to Treherne line.", //47
			
			"The 11-storey Electric Railway Chambers at the corner of Notre Dame Avenue and Albert Street  in Winnipeg in the early 1950s. From the turn of  the century, through all of the Winnipeg Electric Company's name changes, this building stood as  a symbol of the company's vast transportation and energy empire (gas and electricity). The empire was split apart in April 1953. MHEB then controlled the generation and distribution of electricity, and the Winnipeg and Central Gas Company and the Greater Winnipeg Transit Company controlled the gas and transportation facilities respectively.", //48
			
			"Kelsey Generating Station was the first Manitoba Hydro power plant to be built on the Nelson River.", //49
			
			
			"Selkirk Generating Station was completed in 1961.", //50
			
			"The 910-kW diesel generating station at Norway House.", //51
			
			"Grand Rapids Generating Station on the Saskatchewan River was completed in 1968. It is Manitoba Hydro's only generating station on the Saskatchewan River.", //52
			
			"Manitoba Hydro's High Voltage Direct Current transmission lines, which follow a route almost 900 km long, are among the world's longest.", //53
			
			"Early symbol of Manitoba Hydro - Alectricity. Alec was out of a job when the three-pronged plug was introduced and the original logo was retired in 1974.", //54
			
"Early symbol of Manitoba Hydro - Alectricity. Alec was out of a job when the three-pronged plug was introduced and the original logo was retired in 1974.", //55

"The first corporate logo.", //56

			"Manitoba Hydro took delivery of a new mobile substation manufactured by Federal Pioneer Limited of Winnipeg.  Mobile substations were used in emergency situations and as substitutes for regular substations undergoing repairs or maintenance.", //57
			
			"Mr. D.M. Stephens was the first Chairman of MHEB after the passage of the Manitoba Hydro Act.", //58
			
			"Mr. W.D. Fallis was the first General Manager of Manitoba Hydro.", //59
			
			"Kettle Generating Station, with a total capacity of 1,272 MW, was completed in 1974. It was named for the Kettle Rapids on which it was built. Kettle is about 3 km upstream of the town of Gillam, which is located near the Nelson River.", //60
			
			"Radisson Converter Station is located near the Nelson River in northern Manitoba.", //61
			
			"Dorsey Converter Station is located 26 km northwest of the City of Winnipeg in southern Manitoba.", //62
			
			"Laurie River I Generating Station, with a capacity of 5 MW, was completed in two stages - the first in 1952, the second in 1970.", //63


			"Laurie River II Generating Station, with a total capacity of 5 MW, was completed in 1958. In 1970, Laurie River I and Laurie River II were purchased by Manitoba Hydro from Sherritt Gordon Mines Limited.", //64
			
"New corporate logo.", //65

			"Jenpeg Generating Station and Control Dam on the Nelson River. Although Jenpeg does produce electricity, its primary purpose is to control water levels in accordance with the terms of Manitoba Hydro's licence for regulating Lake Winnipeg.", //66
			
			
			"The Missi Falls Control Dam at the natural outlet of Southern Indian Lake controls the water outflow from the lake. The lake's level was raised three metres as part of the Churchill River Diversion Project.", //67
			
			"The Notigi Control Dam, also part of the Churchill River Diversion Project, is located on the Rat River and controls the flow of water from the Churchill River into the Burntwood-Nelson river system.", //68
			
			"Mitigation work related to the Churchill River Diversion Project was advanced with the negotiation of a 668-hectare land clearing contract. Mr. Len Bateman, Chairman of Manitoba Hydro, and Chief Nelson Linklater of the Nelson House Band signed the contract on February 2, 1977.", //69
			
			"Neither rain, nor snow, nor ice... Manitoba Hydro's linemen always do their best to maintain the supply of electricity to customers.", //70
			
			"Long Spruce Generating Station on the Nelson River, with a total capacity of 980 MW, first produced power in 1977.", //71
			
			"Rehabilitation work at Seven Sisters Generating Station was underway from 1979 until 1985. Major repairs were made to the spillway and sluiceway, the north dam, and the powerhouse.", //72
			
			"Because of concrete deterioration after more than half a century of continuous use, major rehabilitation work at Great Falls Generating Station began in 1978. The work included replacement of the spillway and west non-overflow dam, as well as concrete repairs to the powerhouse.", //73
			
			"Dredging work was done on the 8-mile Channel between Playgreen Lake and Kiskittogisu Lake. The three channels were constructed as part of the Lake Winnipeg Regulation - 2-mile Channel, 8-mile Channel, and Ominawin Channel - and helped to increase water flows for hydro-electric development on the Nelson River.", //74
			
			"During construction of the 500-kV, Winnipeg to Minneapolis transmission line, 191 of these self-supporting towers were used on the part of the line that ran between Vivian, Manitoba, and Dorsey Converter Station at Rosser. With a base of only 6.5 m by 7 m from leg to leg, this type of tower was used on agricultural land.", //75
			
			
			"Manitoba Hydro's crews installed underground power lines between the towns of Manitou and Darlingford. This was a part of the Rural Underground Distribution program, which was established to help minimize power outages in areas of the province susceptible to ice storms.", //76
			
			
			"Twenty-four hours per day, seven days a week, Manitoba Hydro's System Control Centre in Winnipeg is staffed. The control centre ensures the ever-changing electricity demands of customers in Manitoba are met. Computer controls help improve system reliability and operating efficiency. The generating stations, transmission lines, and electricity exports to other utilities are monitored constantly.", //77
			
			
			"At the Limestone Generating Station site in 1986, diamond drills bore holes into which explosives were placed and detonated to loosen some of the rock and soil that had to be excavated. This allowed construction of the powerhouse and spillway to begin. After excavation, forms were built for the concrete structures.", //78
			
			"Workers removed material from a section of the cofferdam that surrounded Limestone Generating Station's powerhouse  and spillway structures.", //79
			
			"Manitoba Hydro's mobile PCBX decontamination unit, purchased in 1985, was the first of its kind in Canada. In addition to the mobile facility, Manitoba has PCB storage and laboratory facilities.", //80
			
			"When Hurricane Gilbert destroyed much of Jamaica's electrical distribution system in 1988, Manitoba Hydro, and other Canadian, British, and U.S. electrical utilities helped repair the damage.", //81
			
			"As part of the environmental studies at Limestone, radio tags were placed on one of Manitoba's heritage fish species, the brook trout. The tags enabled researchers to track the fish and their response to the project's activities.", //82
			
			"One of the turbine assemblies stood ready for installation in the Limestone Generating Station powerhouse. Each one of the 10 turbine generators at Limestone can produce 133 MW of electricity.", //83
		
		
			"Limestone Generating Station was Manitoba Hydro's fifth and largest station to be built on the Nelson River. Completed in the fall of 1992, it was the first such project to incorporate environmental concerns into every aspect of its planning, designing and building stages. Limestone can produce a total capacity of 1,330 MW.", //84
			
			"The North Central Project agreement was signed by representatives of the communities involved - the federal and provincial governments, and Manitoba Hydro. Signing for Manitoba Hydro was Mr. Bob Brennan, President and Chief Executive Officer (seated, far right).", //85
			
			"50th Anniversary of Farm Electrification logo.", //86
			
			"Workers of Split Lake-Comstock Joint Venture assemble foundations for one of the tubular steel towers used on the new 138-kV transmission line from Kelsey Generating Station to Split Lake.", //87

			"It was cold for the workers, but work could be carried out and equipment could be moved in and out of the area more easily in winter because the ground was frozen.", //88
			
			"Louis Play It Safe Club", //89
			
			"With the Corporate Humanist Award: (left to right) Messrs. Roy Bukowsky, Dave Gittins and Barry Rindall, three of the large team that worked on the Kelsey to Split Lake transmission line project.", //90
			
			"Soon after the introduction of Manitoba Hydro's forest enhancement program - designed to promote a healthy and aesthetically pleasing forest environment in Manitoba's communities - participants planted trees in areas like school playgrounds, sports parks, and community clubs. In Brandon, Ms. Edith Poole, a long time member of the city's Horticultural Society, planted the first of several trees to beautify a residential park. An inscription on a nearby plaque captured the essence of the program - 'community spirit and trees growing together'.", //91
			
			"Members of Nelson House First Nation on the day the compensation agreement was signed.", //92
			
			"Customer Call Centre opened in winnipeg.", //93
			
			"Some of the 19 steel towers that collapsed when tornado-like winds hit the Grosse Isle area were replaced temporarily by wood poles in order to get the electricity flowing again. In about seven weeks, all steel towers were replaced and the Bipoles I and II transmission line systems were back to normal.", //94
			
			"Letellier Substation following the April 5 to 7 snow storm. ", //95
			
			"Letellier Substation on April 27 at the start of the Red River flood.", //96
			
			"In September, linemen past and present gathered in Brandon to mark Manitoba Hydro's 50th Anniversary of the utility's lineman training program.", //97
			
			"In September, linemen past and present gathered in Brandon to mark Manitoba Hydro's 50th Anniversary of the utility's lineman training program.", //98
		
		"The control room at Manitoba Hydro's new System Control Centre completed in 1998.", //99

"Members of Manitoba Hydro's Y2K Task Force marked a new century with the flawless changeover of the utility's systems.", //100

"Natural gas combustion turbine plant at the Brandon Generating Station.", //101

"In 2002, Manitoba Hydro became the sole provider of electricity in the province with the acquisition of Winnipeg Hydro from the City of Winnipeg."  //102	
			
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