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Matching Articles"Industrial Development" (Total 11)

Forest Industries: 1970-2010

Forest industries contribute much to the Newfoundland and Labrador economy.
Land-Based Industries of the Early 1900s

Government officials promoted various land-based industries during the first half of the 20th century.
Mining in Newfoundland and Labrador

Mining has played an important if sporadic role in the economic, social, and cultural history of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Population Distribution and Land-Based Industries

With the construction of the railway, workers began to leave their coastal homes to find employment at new mines and mills in the island's interior.
Transportation and Land-Based Industries

Advances in transportation during the late 1800s and the early 1900s affected the development of the forestry and mining industries in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Women and Land-Based Industries

The growth of land-based industries helped alter the traditional role of some women in Newfoundland and Labrador society.
"The Third Mill": Labrador Linerboard Ltd., 1973-1977

Development, construction, and fate of the third linerboard mill in Newfoundland and Labrador, created in Stephenville by the Smallwood government.
Megaprojects

Information about Megaprojects undertaken by the Smallwood government to further industrialize Newfoundland and Labrador.
Atlantic Brewery

When the Air Force withdrew from Stephenville, the Atlantic Brewery was the first major industry to become established in the town.
Company Towns: A look at Buchans and Grand Falls-Windsor

The examination of two company towns, Buchans and Grand Falls-Windsor. Company towns are towns which were based exlusively upon one industry.
Labrador Linerboard

In 1973, the Labrador Liner Limited opened and started production of a linerboard mill in Stephenville.

Matching Articles"Industrial Development" (Total 11)

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