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Cape Split (Kings County, N.S.)

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List of shareholders

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Collection: Cape Split Development Company
Description: File contains two lists that name the preferred shareholders and the ordinary shareholders, and the number of shares owned by each.
Accession Number: 1989.001-CSD/1/3

Report of the Managing Director

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Collection: Cape Split Development Company
Description: File contains two copies of a progress report, written by R. P. Clarkson, giving an account of the Cape Split Development Company's progress in fulfilling its purposes and goals.
Accession Number: 1989.001-CSD/2/5

A Report on a 10,000 Horsepower Tidal Power Station and Hydroelectric Development at Cape Split, Nova Scotia with maps and photo

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Collection: Cape Split Development Company
Description: Item is a bound notebook that outlines general considerations, the proposed scheme for tidal development, cost estimates, and an estimated return on investment. Included in the appendix are data pertaining to the cost of development, operating costs, transmission lines, rates for power, and submarine transmissions. The last section, entitled miscellaneous data includes correspondence between…
Accession Number: 1989.001-CSD/2/1

Bogart and Pohl reports

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Collection: Cape Split Development Company
Description: File contains the original report of consulting engineers Bogart and Pohl, as well as two typed copies. This report assesses the possibility of developing power and electric current at Cape Split by studying market conditions in the area, the physical conditions at Cape Split, and the effectiveness of the Clarkson Current Motor.
Accession Number: 1989.001-CSD/2/3

Blueprints of the Bay of Fundy ice flow

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Collection: Cape Split Development Company
Description: 2 technical drawings : blueprints ; 58 x 75 cm. File contains two copies of a blueprint illustrating the direction of the ice flow in the Bay of Fundy.
Accession Number: 1989.001-CSD/4/8

Promotional pictures

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Collection: Cape Split Development Company
Description: 8 pictures : b&w ; 13 x 14cm or smaller. File contains reproductions of the pictures used in a printed prospectus, stating the page numbers and directions for the use of each picture. These pictures include: two of the Cape Split cliffs, two of the Vancouver Power Company's Lake Buntzen No.2 Plant, one of the proposed pumping station, one of the proposed transmission towers, a map of…
Accession Number: 1989.001-CSD/4/1

Cape Split proposed pumping station

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Collection: Cape Split Development Company
Description: 3 photographs : b&w ; 16 x 20cm. File contains three identical photographs of an artist's conception of the proposed pumping stations to be built at Cape Split. One is annotated, recto, "proposed changes in first unit". A second is annotated, verso, in pencil and ink, with instructions for the engravers. Note: The first photograph is torn almost completely in two, horizontally.
Accession Number: 1989.001-CSD/4/2

Cape Split boat landing

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Collection: Cape Split Development Company
Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 20 cm. Item is a photograph of the boat landing and bathing area at Cape Split. Photo is annotated, recto, in ink: "Boat landing & bathing beach protected by Little Split – good chance here for road up mountain side. Height (sic) at top 360 ft approximately at this point. To the eastward further it is 550ft high". There are many annotations, verso, in…
Accession Number: 1989.001-CSD/4/7

Cape Split with measurements

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Collection: Cape Split Development Company
Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 21 cm. Item is a photograph of the Cape Split property. It is annotated, recto, in ink with the measurements of the cliffs and water levels and annotated, verso, in ink: "photo 3".
Accession Number: 1989.001-CSD/4/5

Harnessing the tides of the Bay of Fundy

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Collection: Cape Split Development Company
Description: File contains two copies of an article written by Principal W. L. Archibald which was originally an address to the Manufacturer's Association, in which he outlines the plan to use the Bay of Fundy as a source of hydropower. He outlines the commercial and financial benefits of the policy to be pursued, as well as describing the progress already made, and calling for the Manufacturer's…
Accession Number: 1989.001-CSD/5/2

Concerning the proposed hydroelectric power development at Cape Split, Nova Scotia

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Collection: Cape Split Development Company
Description: File contains two copies of a published circular given to prospective shareholders. Circular gives an account of the goals of the Cape Split Development Company, an explanation of the proposed development, estimated costs, a list of company officers, and a share subscription agreement. One copy also contains a list of prominent shareholders.
Accession Number: 1989.001-CSD/5/3

Cape Split Development Company Limited to William L. Archibald, deed

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Collection: Cape Split Development Company
Description: Item is a signed document transferring the right to produce power on the Cape Split property from the Cape Split Development Company to William L. Archibald.
Accession Number: 1989.001-CSD/3/5

Patent Assignments – Canada

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Collection: Cape Split Development Company
Description: File contains two copies of the assignment of the patent for Clarkson's Current Motor to the International Stream Flow Turbine Company, and two receipts from the Patent Office.
Accession Number: 1989.001-CSD/3/4

Cape Split – single cliff

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Collection: Cape Split Development Company
Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 21cm, mount 24 x 29cm. Item is a photograph of the highest cliff at the Cape Split. Photograph is covered with annotations, recto, in ink.
Accession Number: 1989.001-CSD/4/4

Cape Split – double cliff

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Collection: Cape Split Development Company
Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 20cm, mount 25 x 30cm. Item is a photograph of Cape Split.
Accession Number: 1989.001-CSD/4/3

The Cape Split Power Project

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Collection: Cape Split Development Company
Description: File contains a report to the shareholders in the Cape Split Development Company on the state of company affairs.
Note: No date or signature is attached to this record.
Accession Number: 1989.001-CSD/2/6