Hydroelectric power plants

Scope and Contents note The Ohnsorg Collection is a personal (and artificial) collection of Niagara Falls memorabilia. It contains: -32 souvenir books-5 guidebooks-22 maps (one is framed)-2 booklets, 10 stereoview cards-27 framed etchings or engravings -36 unframed etchings/engravings (63 total etchings/engravings)-13 small prints and 1 box of prints (from 1866)-1 advertisement -5 journals. The...

Scope and Contents This series is a group of files that were the day-to-day operating files of the Chamber of Commerce. They include topics such as, but not limited to: hydropower, power authority, orientation for directors of C of C, certificates of incorporation, Black Achievers, Artpark, Tesla, De-watering the Falls, Maid of the Mist Festival, Ice Boom, Bridge Stats, Adams Power Station, hospitals, building plans, underground railroad, beautification commission, complaints and compliments, flower and...

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Box containing postcards showing illustrated images of topics such as Niagara Falls military camps, Queen Victoria and Oakes Parks in Canada, Niagara River, Horseshoe Falls, American Falls, Clifton hotel, Rainbow Bridge, monuments, Canadian hotels and power plants, Niagara scenery, and others.

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Includes various photos of Niagara Falls such as several hydroelectric power plants, views of both the American and Horseshoe Falls, and photos of various Niagara Falls personalities. Also includes some postcards and the 1981 Festival of Light Report created by the festival coordinators.

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Booklets and reports discussing expansion efforts of the power facilities at Niagara Falls, their impact on the Tuscarora, as well as efforts to build recreational amenities.

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Re: amending property taxes (state aid to tax districts as a result of the loss of lands acquired by the Power Authority of the State of New York.