Print, Photographic

Photograph. Black and white photo showing a speaker and attendees at the "Partners in Progress" dedication ceremony for the two recently completed power interconnections between the Detroit Edison Company and Ontario Hydro. One interconnection was made across the Detroit River between the Detroit Edison Delray electric power plant and the Ontario Hydro J. C. Keith Generating Station in Windsor, Ontario. The other interconnection was made across the St. Clair River between the Detroit Edison Marysville electric power plant and Ontario Hydro transmission lines located just south of Sarnia, Ontario. The ceremony was held on December 18, 1953, at the Marysville power plant. The speaker is Bryan L. Cathcart, MPP (Member of Provincial Parliament, Ontario). An American flag and ceremony attendees can be seen in the left background area of the photo. The three men who are standing in the center and right background area are (left to right): Prentiss Brown, Chairman of Detroit Edison; Robert H. Saunders, Chairman of Ontario Hydro; and possibly, Leslie Frost, Premier of Ontario. The unveiled "Partners in Progress" monument can be seen behind the two men at the right side of the photo.