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.
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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.
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.
Brandon College Class of 1930’s 50th Anniversary – graduatesBack Row-L to R: Lorne McFarland, Robert Clement, Gordon Brown, Campbell McNeillThird Row-L to R: Duncan Wilkie, Wilbert Stevens, John Peter Odin, Murray BrookSecond Row-L to R: Ruth Bingham Alexander, Louise Peebles Harrison, Thelma Patterson, ?Front Row-L to R: Sydney Pechet, Adeline Cameron Roberts, Tommy Douglas, Mary Duncan Little, Mary Anne (Mickey) Maltman, Stanley Knowles
Class of 1930’s 50th Anniversary. Back Row-L to R: Lorne McFarland, John Peter Odin, Gordon Brown, Campbell McNeill, Duncan Wilkie, Stanley Knowles, Robert Clement, Carl Wicklund, Wilbert Stevens, Murray Brooks. Front Row-L to R: Thelma Patterson, Sydney Pechet, Ruth Bingham Alexander, Mary Anne (Mickey) Maltman, Tommy Douglas, Mary Duncan Little, Jean Chase, Louise Peebles Harrison, Laura Shanks (?), Adeline Cameron Roberts
Added t.p.: CowperÇÖs Task : books III and IV, The Gardenand TheWinter evening : with notes, questions and an introduction by John E. Bryant
Added t.p.: ColeridgeÇÖs "The Friend" : essays III, IV, V and VI of the Third Landing place, being thelife of Sir Alexander Ballwith introduction, notes andexercises by T.C.L. Armstrong, and appendices, biographical, geographical and historical ; also, a map of the Maltese Islands
Portrait of the Brandon Bobcats women's basketball team. Front Row (L to R): Wilma Denbow, Debbie Lawrence, Joanne Dixon, Helen Jolly, Nancy Harrison, Donna Lawrence. Back Row (L to R): Barry Diller (Coach), Colleen Durnin, Helen Hastings, Carol Dreilick, Nancy Stanley (Ass’t Coach), Lori Little (Manager)
Portrait of the Brandon Bobcats women's basketball team. Back Row (L to R): Norm Vickery (coach), Angela Foster, Sandy Little, Marie Rohleder, Colleen Blimke, Jennifer Saxton, Sara Conlin, Kelly Couling, Berrie Brown (Ass’t Coach). Front Row (L to R): Karen Shier, Sandra Hughes, Sue Kaluzniak
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.
The top of the photograph is uneven. Barb Gador and Sandy Little are only partially visible.
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Portrait of the Brandon Bobcats women's basketball team. Back Row (L to R): Barb Gador, Janet Lumsden, Sara Conlin, Jennifer Saxton, Colleen Sweeney, Karen Pearson, Colleen Blimke, Barb Rohdeler, Laurie Wilson, Marie Rohdeler, Carla Maxwell, Sandy Little. Front Row (L to R): Heather Clark (Ass’t Coach), Bill Moody (Coach), Jennifer Harrison (Manager)
Portrait of the Brandon Bobcats women's basketball team. Back Row (L to R): Cheryl Thomson (Manager), Marie Rohleder, Colleen Blimke, Jennifer Saxton, Leanne McDonald, Faith Rostad (Coach). Middle Row-L to R: Janet Lumsden, Lynne Moore, Karen Shier, Sue Kaluzniak, Sara Conlin. Front Row (L to R): Sandy Little, Angela Foster, Kim Avery, Leanne Cale.