PEACE POWER SOUVENIR EDITION

Wednesday, September 25, 1968

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MOVE

One of Peace projects big-
gest problems was getting

what was wanted where it:

was wanted — and on time.
All sizes of equipment—like

“the 500,000 volt transformer

B.C.’s Largest Lake Filling Up

Location of Peace River power project and the giant T-shaped reservoir that is now
growing up behind it is graphically shown on this B.C. Hydro map. The lake behind
the W.A.C. Bennett dam will cover 680 acres when filled and will be British Columbia’s

largest lake, five times the size of Okanagan Lake.

above—was trucked in from
the railway at Chetwynd.
It got there by travelling on
the PGE, like this 77-ton
turbine at right, which sat
20 feet above the rail and
passed through some tun-
nels with only inches to
spare, Equipment brought ,
abroad came to Vancouver
by ship (bottom left.) In
some cases, when cement
had to be poured for an in-
accessible microwave tower,
it was necessary simply to

take to the air (bottom.

right).

me next bidder.

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CATTERMOLE |
_ TRETHEWEY

CONTRACTORS LTD.

- Congratulations to B.C. Hydro on the suc-
cessful completion of the Peace Project!

During the last-six years, we have completed

~ $20,500,000 worth of work for. B.C. Hydro.
We are pleased that we were able to contri-
bute more than our ability as a contractor

-. by SAVING THE B.C. HYDRO, and therefore
» THE TAXPAYERS of B.C., $7,500,000, this
being the difference between our tender and

One of the first three c

trate let in the Peace R:
“project was one of
toughest. to

_ It called for clearing 150ac
of the damslte under oxtrer
sonditions — atime limit of
weeka and temperatures whic!
times dropped to more than
degrees below zero, ©

The ‘lucky’ bidder was Cat- ®
termole-Trethewey Contractors i
Ltd, a Vancouver firm which
was incorporated in 1955 to clear®
Buttle Lake, first of B,C,’s re-
cent raund of large hydro pro-¢
jects,

STEADY GROWTH —

Over the ensuing years, thes
firm has gradually but steadily}
expanded into the forestand con-
struction flelds, Presently, item
logging and lumber operation:
are established throughout them
‘Cariboo region of the province)
and as far upthe coastas Alaska &
making it 5B,C,'s largest in-
dependent: logging and lumber op- 3
eration,

As time progressed, the com-#
pany forged further into the lant
clearing business, eventuallsg
building up its clearing contrac’

. volume to over $10 million
1985,

The Cattermole - Trethewe:®
Contractors Ltd, tas ploncere
many advances in clear ing #
the angle cutter, the cat mounte:gm
stump splitter, the wide Ight ig
weight clearing rake, the wide
pad floatation undercarriage {oJ
swamp land clearing and = thy
floatation method for reseryox
clearing.

WORK IN U.S.

Clearing operations have ex@ae
panded inte the Western Unitai

| States — Washington, Oregal

and California, In California
C.T.C, is the recognized authorm™

ity on floatation clearing, hava
successfully completed the Lally

Almanor and American Rivg 4

projects, Presently, C.T.C.
using floatation methods to cle
the Bullard’s Bar Reservoir, th
being part of the largest no
military contract ever award #
in the United States, :
During the mid-sixtles, t a
company embarked on a heal
and highway construction prg
gram and has completed ov;

* $8 million of work. in this rary

cular field, j
At present, the company bo
working on the Halg Highway, ‘8
cated near Hope and one of J
most difficult rock jobs ev—
undertaken in B,C, Blasting wy
will be carried out within £4
feet of the C.P,R, main line «
immediately adjacent to an ¢
posed 30-inch high pressure

ling,
POWER LINES
In 1967, the company exten
its operations to include ele
trical transmission Hine cc;
struction, Its first project wi
|} to build thirty miles of 138 1%
transmission line into Bren)
Mines and the secondtoconstrv
a 230 KV intertie between
Burrard Thermal Plant
North Vancouver, 5
The most interesting featu#
of the latter was a two m
double span crossing of Ind:
Arm with cantre tower, rising
* a height over 310 feet, "making an
the highest transmission tov
‘in BC. Later the same yea
C.7.C, became the first col
pany in this province to be awaij
ed a line stringing contract on}
Peace Transmission lines,

transmission line right-of
between the damsite and V;
couver,

In order to complete ¥
through the Pine Pass, oncieg
the more difficult sections, ; iz

i¢° company employed 500 men ;

were continually threatened +;
the possibility of snowfalls
ceeding fifteen feet,
Another yery difficult se

existed between Boston Bar)
Agassiz; ihe very tough ter}
in this area necassitated mug
the clearing being done by }iH

smu atit . |

In order to gain access te
right-of-way for Line No, 2
were transported by boat. t
Indian Arm, from which
they struggled up one half mi}
steep boulder-strewn hills!
commence wark,

In total, C,7.C. has clek

aver 6,000 acres on the Hi
project, making: ft the Is
single clearing contractor

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the first and only Bi oF. §
dian firm, to be awarded'it
stringing. contract. on thd [8
project, Prior to this, thd

-, Une, stringing contractor}
been large American tirmg :

- OVEC,'s ‘work was com#
of two sections, the tlrstok
_was the completion of Lind
from Boston Bar to ald

. This portion included 4 1; Me
‘span ‘(6,000 feet) crossingte
Fraser River, north. of
Bar’ and" then proceeding. t-

“westward for 60 miles ovay

. ged mountain peaks an
gorges.” before. reacht
‘farmlands of the lowar i
Valley... La