AUMA Convention, 1989, Plaque
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- Fonds / Collection
- Town of Sylvan Lake
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Date
- 1989 - 1989
- Accession Number
- 2013.26
- Scope and Content
- 1989 AUMA Convention: This plaque commemorates the 83rd convention of the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association, and Transalta Utilities' salute to Albertans
- Fonds / Collection
- Town of Sylvan Lake
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Fonds Number
- 059-98
- Item Number
- 17
- Accession Number
- 2013.26
- Date
- 1989 - 1989
- Physical Description
- Wooden Plaque, 10" x 7"
- Physical Condition
- Original condition
- History / Biographical
- Collected and catalogued by Marion Thompson
- Found in the basement of Town Hall during records transfer to the SL&DAS
- Amber, Records Clerk, donated this item to the Archives
- Name Access
- Town of Sylvan Lake
- Subject Access
- Ghost Dam
- Calgary Power
- Scope and Content
- 1989 AUMA Convention: This plaque commemorates the 83rd convention of the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association, and Transalta Utilities' salute to Albertans
- Compliments of TransAlta Utilities
- Notes
- 1989 marks the 60th Anniversary of the Ghost Dam's completion - the dam supplied additional electricity to Calgary Power's growing number of customers; unfortunately, with the start of the Depression in 1929, Ghost's hydro potential was largely unused for a number of years