Canadian Niagara Power Glass Slide - Group of men walking through the hydro tunnel

Four men (unidentified) walking in tunnel wearing hard hats and carrying flashlights.

Canadian Niagara Power Glass Slide - Engineer Drawing Hydro Station

Appears to be an engineer's drawing of the Hydro Station. It is a cross-section view of the interior.

Hydro Electric Commission of Niagara Falls Ontario Scrapbook, 1936-1939, 1943-1951

Sir Adam Beck ( a London, Ontario manufacturer, Mayor and Conservative member of the provincial legislature) was a champion of municipal and provincial power ownership. Beck become the “Power Minister” and chairman of the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario which was the world’s first publicly owned utility. In 1925 the first unit of the Hydro Electric Power Commission’s Queenston Chippawa hydro-electric development on the Niagara River went into service. The station was renamed in 1950 as “Sir Adam Beck #1”. This marked the 25th anniversary of Beck’s death. This is one of 2 generating stations in Niagara Falls. There is also Adam Beck Plant #2. The Niagara generating stations supply one quarter of all power used in New York State and Ontario.Ontario Hydro has two water tunnels which traverse the entire City of Niagara Falls from the Village of Chippawa in the South to the Sir Adam Beck Hydro Electric Generating Stations in the North. Also they are in the process of building the third tunnel. In addition, Ontario Hydro has a 13.6 km open canal which traverses the entire City of Niagara Falls. Source: http://www.hydroone.com/OurCompany/Pages/OurHistory.aspx

Canadian Niagara Power Glass Slide - Engineer Drawing of Sections of Discharge Tunnel

Consulting Engineer drawing of Sections of the Discharge Tunnel. Included in the drawing is the "cross section of tunnel with timbering" and "longitudinal section showing Timber in straight tunnel". Dated October 1902.

Canadian Niagara Power Glass Slide - Plan and Profile of Discharge Tunnel

Plan and profile of discharge tunnel along Niagara River. The horizontal scale is 1 inch = 100 feet, the vertical scale is 1 inch = 40 feet. The drawing is dated November 7, 1902.

Canadian Niagara Power Glass Slide - Sketch Showing Proposed Masonry Lining Near Portal of Tunnel

Drawing by consulting engineer dated October 19, 1901. Scale is noted as 1/4 inch = 1 foot.

Canadian Niagara Power Glass Slide - Drawing: Section thru Wheelpit

Drawing of "Section thru Wheelpit" dated September 1925. Shows unit no.1 through unit no.11, power house floor and water surface.

Canadian Niagara Power Glass Slide - Engineer Drawing (untitled)

Engineer drawing (untitled), some of the labels read "exciter chamber", "fore bay", "power house floor".

Canadian Niagara Power Glass Slide - Men in Tunnel

Four men (unknown) standing in the tunnel wearing hard hats.

Canadian Niagara Power Glass Slide - Large Group in Tunnel

A large group of men in hard hats in the tunnel. The names of the men are unknown.

Canadian Niagara Power Glass Slide - Four Men in Tunnel

Four men standing in hydro tunnel.

Canadian Niagara Power Company - Water rushing through tunnel

Photograph of water rushing through hydro tunnel.

Canadian Niagara Power Company - Tunnel

Another photograph of several men walking through the tunnel.

Canadian Niagara Power Company - Large group photo in tunnel

Large group of men standing in the tunnel wearing boots and hard hats.

Canadian Niagara Power Company - Group in Tunnel

Group of men in the hydro tunnel with a loaded dolly and large lamp for light.