Collection search - Daniel B. Detweiler fonds [textual record]

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Daniel B. Detweiler fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1893-1969.

Reference:

R2312-0-0-E, MG30-A7

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

97887

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Daniel B. Detweiler fonds
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Fonds includes:

4 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1893-1969.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

20 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of records related to Daniel B. Detweiler's involvement with the Great Waterways Union of Canada and the Niagara Electric Power Committee, and to the erection of a cairn to his memory. These records are divided into four series: Great Waterways Union of Canada, 1909-1920; Niagara Electric Power, 1902-1906, 1918; printed material, 1893-1896, 1902-1918; and memorial to Daniel B. Detweiler, 1918-1969.

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Detweiler, Daniel B., 1860-1919

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Detweiler, Daniel B., 1860-1919 : Daniel Detweiler was a Kitchener, Ontario businessman and an advocate of hydro and waterways developments. Two of his major interests were the Western Ontario Hydro Power Association organized in 1902, and the Great Waterways Union of Canada, organized in 1912. Detweiler was the first president of the latter group.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid is a descriptive list. MSS0354 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001430.pdf

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General note:

Photographs of the ceremony for the unveiling of a memorial cairn to Daniel B. Detweiler are held by the Visual and Sound Archives. A blueprint of a power station for the Algoma Power Company is held by the Map Division.
Presented in 1921 and 1957 by his son, J.R. Detweiler and in 1993 by his greatmnephew, Frances Beattie.
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Businessmen - Canada, 1893-1920 Great Waterways Union of Canada, 1909-1920

Power-plants - Canada, 1893-1920 Niagara Electric Power Committee, 1902-1906

Hydroelectric power plants - Canada, [1906-1920] Niagara-Welland Power Company, 1902-1918

Electric power - Canada, 1860-1919

Electric power - Ontario, 1860-1919
Source:

Private

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121-020395-2
1993/0495

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MG30-A7
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