Jewett, Don - Interview

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Jewett, Don - Interview

Item number (ISN):

153800

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1971

Item number (ISN):

153800

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:

3 of 3

Production date:

1971

Production company:

Dominion Bridge Company

Description:

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Oral history interview with Don Jewett, engineer with the Dominion Bridge Company in Vancouver, who joined the company in 1923 as a draftsman. Jewett discusses his responsibilites for designing "overhead travelling cranes" and "hydraulic regulation gates" for hydroelectric projects. Also mentioned is the company loyalty and "team spirit" of the employees during his early years with the company. Jewett talks about the effect of the Depression in the 1930s on the company. War production, especially the role of the company in conjunction with the United Shipyards of Montreal which fabricated ships' hulls, is a noteworthy topic. Also, Jewett talks about the Canadian Overseas Projects Limited, a consortium of companies including Dominion Bridge which, under the auspices of the Columbo Plan, built cement plants in West Pakistan. Rounding out the interview is discussion of the company's reorganization begun in 1956 and the projects Jewett was involved with, namely the rebuilding of the Second Narrows Bridge and the Port Mann Bridge which incorporated a new design technique using steel plates.

Language:

English

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

163489

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1984-0443/017
1984-0443/018
1984-0443/019

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical Description:

POLY

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

1135142

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

153800-1984-0443-017.WAV
153800-1984-0443-018.WAV
153800-1984-0443-019.WAV

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

BWF

Duration:

46:54

Made from:

1984-0443/017
1984-0443/018
1984-0443/019

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

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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