Situated in the R.M. of Whitehead on the Little Saskatchewan River, the 10 Mile Dam was a 14 kilometer transmission line that supplied the city of Brandon with power. The Brandon Electric Light Company built the dam in 1900 and it is considered Manitoba's first hydroelectic power generating station. The dam spanned approximately 80 meters and was constructed from timber and reinforced with clay and stone. The station was decommissioned in 1924.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows 10 Mile Dam, also known as the Brandon Dam or Minnedosa River Hydro Plant.
Notes
Writing on the back of the photograph reads: "10 mile dam". Biographical information obtained from Manitoba Historical Society.
Situated in the R.M. of Whitehead on the Little Saskatchewan River, the 10 Mile Dam was a 14 kilometer transmission line that supplied the city of Brandon with power. The Brandon Electric Light Company built the dam in 1900 and it is considered Manitoba's first hydroelectic power generating station. The dam spanned approximately 80 meters and was constructed from timber and reinforced with clay and stone. The station was decommissioned in 1924.
Alonzo Archibald Rowe (b. 1862, London, ON; d. 22 Oct 1951, Brandon). The Rowes were considered Brandon area pioneers. Alonzo’s father, Alonzo L. Rowe, came to Brandon with his family in 1881, where the family had a furniture and undertaker business on the west side of 10th Street between Rosser and Princess Avenues. In 1885, the family began farming west of Brandon and Alonzo Archibald served as a councilor and then a reeve in the R.M. of Whitehead. He returned to Brandon in 1907 and served with the Brandon Police Department until 1910, when he returned to farming, this time in Arrow River. A.A. Rowe returned to Brandon in 1915 to work as a Provincial Licenses Inspector, a position he held until 1938. (Source: Obituary, Brandon Daily Sun 22 Oct 1951)
Custodial History
Photograph was in possession of Mrs. Ruby Miles, who passed the image on to Fred McGuinness. McGuinness makes reference to Mrs. Miles and this photograph in his Sunbeams column (Source: F.A. Rosser, "Another interesting chat with a daughter of the plains," Brandon Sun 18 Aug 1981).
Scope and Content
Photograph shows four fishermen at 10 Mile Dam, also known as the Brandon Dam or Minnedosa River Hydro Plant. The fishermen in the photo are identified as George H. Rowe and his father A.A. Rowe, Dr. Wilfred Bigelow, and Al Collins.
Notes
Writing on the back of the photograph reads: at Brandon Dam, [right to left] son and father - George H. ROWE, Mr. A.A. ROWE, Dr. BIGELOW, Al COLLINS (dam?, 1906?, George born March 1897); Jerrett's Photo-Services, May 7 1938.
Situated in the R.M. of Whitehead on the Little Saskatchewan River, the 10 Mile Dam was a 14 kilometer transmission line that supplied the city of Brandon with power. The Brandon Electric Light Company built the dam in 1900 and it is considered Manitoba's first hydroelectic power generating station. The dam spanned approximately 80 meters and was constructed from timber and reinforced with clay and stone. The station was decommissioned in 1924.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows 10 Mile Dam, also known as the Brandon Dam or Minnedosa River Hydro Plant. The dam's timber construction is quite evident in the picture.
Notes
Writing on the back of the photograph reads: McGuinness (Manitoba Hydro), on Little Saskatchewan.
Portrait of the Brandon University Bocats men's hockey team. Front Row (L to R): Rick Geisel, Mike Vandenberghe, Todd Chastko, Tom Skinner, Rick Stallard, Tony Franklin, Mike Thomas. Second Row-L to R: Trevor Ross, Gord Garland, Dean Rowland, Richard Kidd, Doug Strombeck, Brad Traves, Dwayne Brook, Pat Chamberlin, Al Patterson, Merv Priest, Gord Watt, Peter McElroy. Third Row-L to R: Garth Johnson, Randy McElroy, Guy Williams, Kevin Kowerko, Scott Wotton, Shawn Carter, Bruce McCallum Blaine Sautner. Missing: Wayne Robertson.
Portrait of the Brandon University Bocats men's hockey team. Front Row (L to R): Rick Geisel, Bruce McCallum, Shawn Carter, Rick Stallard, Tom Skinner, Brian Webber, Dean Rowland, Richard Kidd, Chris Schinkel. Middle Row (L to R): Trevor Ross, Merv Priest, Kevin Kowerko, Mickey McGuire, Phil Valk, Brad Traves, Al Patterson, Brent McMillan, Simon Olivier, Wayne Robertson. Back Row (L to R): Tyler Boucher, Travis Lang, Randy McElroy, Darren Duncalfe, Harold Nachbaur, Guy Williams, Jason Ryden, Derek Gecse.
Portrait of the Brandon University Bocats men's hockey team. Front Row (L to R): Derek Robertson, Darren Duncalfe, Tom Skinner, Rick Stallard, Dean Rowland, Bryan Webber, Tony Franklin, Guy Williams, Chris Shinkel. Middle Row (L to R): Trevor Ross, Janice Fraser, Jay Dobrescu, Al Patterson, Richard Kidd, Phil Valk, Peter Boake, Jeff Schachterle, Mickey McGuire, Angela Burtnack. Back Row (L to R): Tyler Boucher, Simon Olivier, Chad Michalchuk, Drew McRae, Jason Ryden, Derek Gecse.
Portrait of the Brandon University Bocats men's hockey team. Front Row (L to R): Ryan Tempol, Richard Kidd, Darren Duncalfe, Guy Williams, Dean Rowland, Al Patterson, Colin Ryder. Middle Row (L to R): Trevor Ross, Tom Skinner, Tony Franklin, Jay Dobrescu, Kent Kinaschuk, Marty Zdan, Chris Wielgosh, Graham Shindle, Jeff Schachterle, Mickey McGuire, Dennis Pinfold, Bryan Webber, Scott Coates, Wayne Robertson. Back Row (L to R): Jamie Berry, Craig Anderson, Tyler Boucher, Adrian Beaudin, Peter Jas, Chad Michalchuk, Scott Hlady, Mike Lehmann, Derek Robertson, Maria Sirdar.
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