Matching Articles"Stephenville" (Total 6)

  • The creation of the American air base at Stephenville during the WWII saw the quiet farming village quickly transformed into a booming garrison town.
  • When the Air Force withdrew from Stephenville, the Atlantic Brewery was the first major industry to become established in the town.
  • The Harmon Corporation was opened after the Americans left the Harmon Airfield Base in Stephenville, Newfoundland, in 1966.
  • About health conditions in Newfoundland during WWII such as problems with housing and veneral disease and the need for wartime hospitals.
  • In 1973, the Labrador Liner Limited opened and started production of a linerboard mill in Stephenville.
  • Pine Tree Radar Site is one of three warning systems selected when NORAD decided to build a number of Aircraft Control and Warning Stations.