There was once a famous hypnotist that came to Carleton Place often and his name was Pauline! If you want to read about him click here..
The great Pauline came to Carleton Place a few times a year as it was noted in many of our local area newspapers. One day he had one of his subjects(no word if the subject was local) sit for 7 or 8 hours in the window of the Preston Drugstore. That evening when he performed in the Opera Hall of our Carleton Place Town Hall the woman he had chosen as his subject returned to normalcy. The Carleton Place Herald marveled at his talent. I am personally wondering if she was in Pauline’s employ. But what a great marketing ploy that was to sell tickets to his show.
But, did you know that hypnotism sessions were held in H. Brown and Sons electrical power house too? It was noted that several well known citizens of Carleton Place took part in these private events at the power plant that used to be where St. James park was once situated.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
19 Oct 1907, Sat • Page 24
The Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
27 Sep 1907, Fri • Page 12
Construction of a hydro electric power plant was begun by H. Brown & Sons at the former site of the Canada Lumber Company mills, after several years of preparation of the riverbed including tailrace excavation and building of a concrete millpond dam. 1909
Bill LemayI went over the falls more than once. there was a spot at the bottom of the falls called the bubble bath. swimming and lots of fun
Donna McfarlaneDad wentover the falls in a 23 foot inboard boat.. the motor failed. the men from Findlays dressed as undertakers etc and had a parade after the boat was pulled out over to lake avenue and frank where my parents lived.. Annie M was the name of the boat.. Dad still had the signs at the time of our fire…
Donna Mcfarlanethis was april 23 1945
March 1968 down at the old Hydro Dam-Randy Amyotte as the hero.
Dan WilliamsHad to be 1968 ’cause we were still swimming there and jumping from that tree long after 1962. We were not too pleased that they cut it down either!
Photo Llew Loyd
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
08 Jul 1937, Thu • Page 3
1972
Ontario Hydro is not particularly concerned about the condition of the 66-year-old dam on the Mississippi River at Carleton Place, despite the worries of the town’s Hydro commission. The cracks along the top of the dam and holes being eroded by a steady cascade of water is giving the local commission the jitters. Carleton Place hydro commission chairman Willis Armour fears that a major rupture could come some spring when there’s a heavy water runoff by day and freezing temperatures at night. Such conditions, he says, could cause the present fissures in the dam to expand and cause a break. The Mississippi River would- be “nothing but a swamp” if the dam broke, he said Friday.
The town of Almonte and Appleton below the dam could be flooded. Norm Manning, public relations officer for Ontario Hydro, said Friday an engineering study carried out on the aging concrete structure last spring shows the dam, although cracked and chipped, is structurally sound. “There are a few leaks, admittedly,” he said, “ but we have been assured that the dam is perfectly sound.” Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority resources manager Alex Ansel said Friday a detailed study has been carried out by Ontario Hydro which operates the dam to control water levels in the Mississippi watershed, and its report was expected in the next few months
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