- Montreal Light, Heat & Power
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The Power Building, headquarters of Montreal Light, Heat and Power, at the corner of Craig (Saint-Antoine) and Saint-Urbain streets. Circa 1930
Montreal Light, Heat and Power employees fixing a gas line, 1941.The Montreal Light, Heat and Power Company (MLH&P) was a utility company operating the electric and gas distribution monopoly in the area of Montreal, Quebec, Canada until its nationalization by the government of Quebec in 1944, under a law creating the Quebec Hydroelectric Commission, also known as Hydro-Québec.
Hydro-Québec ran both of MLH&P's electric and gas operations until 1957, when its gas properties were sold to the Corporation de gaz naturel du Québec, known today as Gaz Métro.
The company was established in 1901 as a result of the merger of Rodolphe Forget's Royal Electric Company and Herbert Samuel Holt's Montreal Gas Company.[1]
See also
- History of Hydro-Québec
- Shawinigan Water & Power Company
References
- ^ "Rodolphe Forget" (in French). Dictionnaire biographique du Canada. http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-f.php?&id_nbr=7373&PHPSESSID=kallsnu7ajrih1ct1dbbh5bph6. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
External links
Media related to Montreal Light, Heat and Power at Wikimedia CommonsCategories:- Montreal stubs
- Companies disestablished in 1944
- Economy of Quebec
- Hydro-Québec
- Companies established in 1901
- Companies based in Montreal
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