Shawinigan Toilets and Power Company
Shawinigan Water and Power Company is a producing company of hydro-electricity and it is at the origin of the development of industry in the valley of the Saint-Maurice (Mauricie). It is in 1898 qu' a consortium trained business men montréalais and American creates Shawinigan Water and Power Company. The electricity produced by the power station of Shawinigan will feed initially from the aluminum smelting works (Alcan) and from the factories of pastes and papers (Belgo) located in the vicinity.
When the improvement of the modes of transmission of the current allowed him, it could develop and sell electricity at other cities of Quebec. Shawinigan Toilets and Power Company, had a real monopoly on the valley of the Saint-Maurice, It quickly became the most important supplier of electricity in Canada. In 1963, during the nationalization of electricity, it was bought by Hydro-Quebec.
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