Matching Articles"Industrial Development" (Total 5)

  • Electrifying Labrador
    Hamilton River was one of Newfoundland and Labrador's largest hydro electric projects.
  • 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.
  • The 1969 Contract: Churchill Falls
    A contract created in 1969 between the Smallwood government and Hydro-Quebec that sold the water rights of Churchill falls for a term of 40 years.
  • Come By Chance Oil Refinery
    During the mid-1960s, American entrepreneur John Shaheen arranged with Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Joseph Smallwood to construct an oil refinery at Come By Chance.
  • Megaprojects
    Information about Megaprojects undertaken by the Smallwood government to further industrialize Newfoundland and Labrador.

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