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Photograph. Black and white photo showing a group of eight men who are attending 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 men are identified as follows (left to right): unidentified, Prentiss Brown, Chairman of Detroit Edison; unidentified; Robert H. Saunders, Chairman of Ontario Hydro; G. Mennen Williams, Governor of Michigan; Walker L. Cisler, President of Detroit Edison; unidentified; unidentified. The Delray power plant property can be seen in the background.