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64:, opened in 1905 by the Canadian Niagara Power Company, which was founded in 1892. It was purchased by the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation in 1950, and then by the Fortis Incorporated Power Group in 1999–2000, after which it was retired from service following an agreement with Ontario Power Generation, the provincial utility. It is now a museum operated under the name Niagara Parks Power Station. 83:, are two hydroelectric generating stations in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, opened in 1922 and originally named the Queenston Chippawa Power Station. It was renamed after Sir Adam Beck in 1950, with significant expansions in 1954 and 2013. The two major power stations at the site are called Adam Beck I and Adam Beck II. 50:, operating in Queen Victoria Park, Niagara Falls, Ontario, between 1892 and 1932, supplying electricity (2 MW from three turbines) to its trains and electric trolleys operating between Queenston and Chippawa. Niagara Parks Commission removed trackage and generation station eventually demolished; later site of 106:
Niagara River Hydraulic Tunnel Power & Sewer Company, chartered in 1886 but not operating a powerplant until its subsidiary, the Cataract Construction Corporation began generating in 1894. It was re-organized in 1899, becoming the Niagara Falls Power
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was also created about 1882. Its individual powerplants at various sites near the falls were named Schoellkopf Power Station No. 1, 2, 3A and 3B. In 1918 the Hydraulic Power Company was merged with the Niagara Falls Power Company owned by Edward Dean
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is the current major U.S. hydroelectric powerplant near Niagara Falls, N.Y., physically located in Lewiston, N.Y., and opened in 1961. A separate secondary generating facility which operates in conjunction with the Robert Moses Power Station is the:
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of Niagara Falls, N.Y., belonging to the Niagara Falls Power Company. It was the first large-scale generating plant in the world, built in 1895. Its earliest facility was called Niagara Power Station No.
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of Niagara Falls, N.Y., was the first company to generate electricity (in minor amounts) from Niagara Falls in 1882, but fell into bankruptcy in about two years.
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Electrical Development Company (EDC), later named the Toronto Power Company, built the
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Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power and Manufacturing Company
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Index

Niagara Falls hydroelectric generating plants
hydroelectric powerplants
Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls & River Railway Power House
Niagara Parks People Mover
WEGO
William Birch Rankine Power Station
Ontario Power Company Generating Station
Toronto Power Generating Station
Sir Adam Beck Hydroelectric Generating Stations
Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power and Manufacturing Company
Schoellkopf Hydraulic Power Company
Edward Dean Adams Power Plant
Robert Moses Niagara Hydroelectric Power Station
Lewiston Pump-Generating Plant
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Niagara Falls: History of Power
Niagara Falls
Horseshoe Falls
American Falls
Bridal Veil Falls
Table Rock
Niagara Gorge
Niagara River
Niagara Whirlpool
Goat Island
Terrapin Point
Luna Island
Dufferin Islands
Niagara Glen

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