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Amassing Power: J.B. Duke and the Saguenay River, 1897-1927
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Amassing Power: J.B. Duke and the Saguenay River, 1897-1927
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| Abstract |
James Buchanan Duke (1856-1925), an American tobacco magnate, negotiated the sale of a huge block of power to the Aluminum Company of America’s Canadian subsidiary, Alcan, after persuading the Quebec government to raise the level of Lac Saint-Jean by over seventeen feet to accommodate his hydro electric development on the Saguenay River. The author provides portraits of J.B. Duke and Quebec politicians of the period and gives an account of the protracted battle of wits between Duke's chief engineer, William States Lee, and Quebec's chief of Hydraulic Service, Arthur Amos.
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Montreal and Kingston
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McGill-Queen’s University Press, in collaboration with The Forest History Society
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| Date |
2000
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| # of Pages |
ix-19-301p.
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| Language |
en
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0-7735-2033-3
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| Citation |
Massell, David Perera. Amassing Power: J.B. Duke and the Saguenay River, 1897-1927. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, in collaboration with The Forest History Society, 2000.
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