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Savage, Palmer - Interview

Item number (ISN):

172159

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1970-11-06

Item number (ISN):

172159

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

DOMINION BRIDGE COMPANY / COMPAGNIE DOMINION BRIDGE

Accession:

1984-0443

Media:

Sound

Part:

5 of 5

Production date:

1970-11-06

Production company:

Dominion Bridge Company

Description:

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Interview of Palmer Savage, Vice-President of the Dominion Bridge Company who traces his career with the company beginning in 1929. Recalling his first job with Dominion Bridge in the drafting office, Savage discusses some of the early projects he worked on such as the Jacques Cartier Bridge in Montreal, the Lions' Gate Bridge in Vancouver, and the Ile d'Orléans Bridge in Quebec City, a bridge which was built at night to avoid the strong daytime winds. Savage, heavily involved with the docks and shipyards in Halifax during World War II, provides a vivid description of the overcrowded conditions and wartime activities centred in Halifax including blackouts and the many convoys forming for their perilous journey across the Atlantic. Also Savage comments on the round-the-clock shifts at the Dominion Bridge plants, the shortage of workers and the training of "women welders" during that time. Some of the postwar projects Savage discusses are: the Shawinigan Water & Power Development on the St. Maurice River, Quebec; the suspension bridge between Halifax and Dartmouth where a freak wind shook the construction catwalks throwing a worker to his death in the water below; and the suspension of power transmission lines through the mountain pass at the Aluminum Company's facilities at Kitimat, British Columbia. Savage speaks proudly of his company's record in the development of technological innovations such as the "systems building approach" used during the construction of the Laurentian Hotel in Montreal in 1947 when prefabricated bathrooms were lifted into place by cranes, and in 1950 when welded pressure vessels were x-rayed for leaks using cobalt 60, and the development of a 150 ton derrick used in the company's work in the oil refineries. Comments on several Dominion Bridge personnel round out the interview.

Language:

English

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Vault ISN:

163517

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1984-0443/144
1984-0443/145
1984-0443/146
1984-0443/147
1984-0443/148

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

5

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

362019

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 2001-07-0024

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Duration:

64:25

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1001078

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A4 2001-07-0024

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Made from:

1984-0443/144
1984-0443/145
1984-0443/146
1984-0443/147
1984-0443/148

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1136194

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

172159-1984-0443-144.WAV
172159-1984-0443-145.WAV
172159-1984-0443-146.WAV
172159-1984-0443-147.WAV
172159-1984-0443-148.WAV

Number of items:

5

Kind of sound:

BWF

Made from:

1984-0443/144
1984-0443/145
1984-0443/146
1984-0443/147
1984-0443/148

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

A1 2001-07-0024

GENCAT identity number:

MSS 16476

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of AMCA : with permission of interviewees during their lifetimesThe copyright on this material was originally held by Dominion Bridge, a company that moved to the States and became AMCA and then United Dominion. Apparently United Dominion sold its Dominion Bridge division to a Canadian company, in 1993.According to the Gazette of 13 November 1998, Dominion Bridge of Lachine became part of ADF Heavy Industries, part of the Group ADF Inc. which is owned by the Au Dragon Forgè (Paschini family) of Terrebonne, Quebec.ADF was then acquired by TIL Cintreurs de Tubes International Ltee.Copyright owner: TIL Cintreurs de Tubes International Ltee.

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