Checking in from the Ontario Power Screen House Walkway, a footbridge on the Greater Niagara Circle Route that crosses an early hydro forebay.
‘hydro’ posts
Episode 24: Ontario Power Gate House
Checking in from the Ontario Power Generating Station Gate House, which controlled the flow to first major AC generator on the Canadian side of the Niagara river.
Episode 23: Hydro Control Gates
Checking in from the intake control gates at the entrance to the massive subterranean hydro tunnels supplying water to the Sir Adam Beck hydro stations
Episode 22: Nikola Tesla’s Monument
Checking in from the monument to inventor Nikola Tesla at the brink of Niagara Falls, where the War of the Currents was won.
Episode 20: Haulage Road Trail
Checking in from a short trail with roots in Niagara’s hydroelectric history, dating from the construction of Sir Adam Beck II in the 1950s.
