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The "SWISHA" Project
Location: Des Joachims, Ottawa River, Ontario/Quebec, Canada

 
Des Joachims Development General Arrangement
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The "Swisha" rapids
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The "Swisha" rapids
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Des Joachims rapids
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Catwalk bridge over the rapids
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Catwalk bridges over the rapids
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A survey crew
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The first "Copper Dam"
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The sawmill built on the Ontario shore before the water started to rise
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A team of "blacks" working at the sawmill
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The Millwright crew that worked on the "sawmill"
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Cribbing for the cofferdam on the north side of the dam. This is on the "Swisha" island.
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The drilling crew drilling rock, for the base of the first cribbing.
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Drilling crew
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Cribbing for the main conveyor belt to carry cement to the forms of the dam. Ontario side.
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Divers working on cribbing on the first coffer dam
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Building of the boiler house at camp #1.
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The tailrace section
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