Things sure have gotten a lot more entertaining. The first colour television pictures are broadcasted, and the term Rock ‘N Roll is coined. People across North America are making more money—and spending it. Back on the home front, #NaturalGas is discover
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By the end of the decade, there are over 400 communities across the province being served by #Saskatchewan Power Corporation, with 47 being added in 1949 alone. There are also 7390 km of transmission lines connecting the province. With the war now in the
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The reality of living in a post- #WWII #Saskatchewan is that materials necessary for building transmission lines are not always easy to access. Instead, the Commission decides to get a little creative. Using salvaged materials, the Commission builds an ad
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Over the course of ten years, one #GreatDepression, and an unbelievably damaging drought, #Saskatchewan is able to make it out alive; bruised, but intact. By 1939, the Commission now has 2309 km of transmission lines—nearly the same as the distance betwee
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