Ontario Power Company, 1900-1999
Scope and Contents
Documents discussing the development of power operations in the Niagara Falls region.
Dates
- 1900-1999
Ontario Power Company History
The Queen Victoria Niagara Park Commissioners granted the Buffalo-based Ontario Power Company a lease of water rights to generate power in 1900. Under the direction of Paul N. Nunn, an American engineer, along with L.L. Nunn, V. G. Converse, and Charles H. Mitchell, construction of the power plant begain in 1902, with the first power being delivered in 1905.
Originally operated as a private company, and a rival to the other U.S. owned company, the Niagara Falls Power Comany, the Ontario Power Company was absorbed in 1817 by Ontario's public power authority, the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, led by Adam Beck.
The plant was decommissioned in 1999.
William H. Siener, May 1, 2011
Extent
From the Box: 1.07638888888889 Cubic Feet
From the Box: 2 Map ; 1 - 28 x 30 map 1 - 21 x 27 map
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Niagara Mohawk Power Company (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Niagara Falls Public Library Local History Repository
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