Access Point – Peterborough Industry

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50Electric City Collection

Dates: 1830’s-1986

The Electric City Collection of prints, slides, and photographs was created by Elwood Jones and Bruce Dyer, primarily in connection with the writing of Peterborough: The Electric City (Windsor Publishers, 1987), still the most useful introduction to the history of Peterborough. The subjects range widely over the themes of local history including: sports, entertainment, public figures, architecture, etc.
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Access Points: Peterborough Industry, Commercial history, Hunter Street bridge construction, Peterborough Exhibition, Lift Lock construction, John Sandfield Macdonald

78Canadian General Electric Plant News

Dates: 1946-2002

The fonds consists of issues of the CGE Peterborough Works News and Canadian General Electric Company Limited Peterborough Plant News dating from 1945 through 2002.
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Access Points: Canadian General Electric, Ian McRae, Peterborough Industry, Peterborough Businesses