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Kitchen Staff at Camp #1 Cafeteria
1948
Rolphton, Ontario

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It's an old rule on construction jobs that men only work as well as they are fed. And at camp No.1 Rosaire "Rockey" Savard of Dolbeau, Que., wears his white chef's hat like a crown. A former ship's cook he and his five cooks, two butchers, two bakers, two pantrymen and 13 waitresses have dished up 2,500 meals in one day. At one record meal 1,050 diners passed through the cookhouse in 45 minutes.

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Menu from Camp #2
30 November 1947
Rolphton, Ontario

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The Cafeteria menu for dinner on Sunday 30 November 1947. It may not be the Hilton but the food was good and wholesome and there was lots of it.

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Camp #1 Main Bunk Houses
1949
Des Joachims, Ottawa River, Ontario/Quebec, Canada
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Newly opened bunk houses provided warm, comfortable accommodation. A welcome improvement over the tent camp in use during the winter of 1946.

Audio Text - "Q" - J.Wright. "A" - Henry Chasse
Q. How many men would be in a bunkhouse?
A. About 80, ya, I think these were "H" style, that center thing is all bathrooms and toilets and there's 40 men on each side.
Q. Double Bunks or single?
A. At that time that's all double bunks.

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The first "Copper Dam"
1946
Des Joachims, Ottawa River, Ontario/Quebec, Canada
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The first cofferdam being installed between the Ontario shore and the island. Cofferdams are used to block water flow when it is necessary to work in a dry situation. Once the cofferdam is sealed in place, pumps are used to dewater the area

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A cat scraper being loaded onto the Hydro barge below the dam
1947
Des Joachims, Ottawa River, Ontario/Quebec, Canada

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Heavy equipment was transported across the river when cofferdams or bridges were not available. Here a CAT hauled scraper is loaded onto a barge.

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Making tiers for the framework
1948
Des Joachims, Ottawa River, Ontario/Quebec, Canada
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Image shows rock removal for base of the Main Dam. View is from the river bed toward the Ontario side. Levels are being established for the formwork. The Ontario concrete mixer can be seen at top centre.

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Work on the base of the main dam
1948
Des Joachims, Ottawa River, Ontario/Quebec, Canada
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Work on the base of the main dam is shown. The concrete mixer on the Quebec side can be seen to the right of centre just below the cableway tower. The main anchor cable for the cableway tower can be seen angling down behind the tower.