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Hydroelectric power plants -- Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Edward Dean Adams Hydroelectric Station Collection

 Collection
Identifier: EDA-000-000-063
Scope and Contents Bibliographies of materials belonging to and/or used by Edward Dean Adams in the preparation of his 2 volume work "Niagara Power" published in 1927. Included is a list of materials loaned to the Niagara Falls Historical Society in 1930 and a list of people, libraries and other institutions that received the publication. Also included are a description of the station and its contents prepared in 1964, and the demolition contract from 1965. Also, cabinet E contains...
Dates: 1927-1965

Box 299, 1987

 Series — Box 299: Series Box 5
Identifier: Box 5

D - Ontario Power Co. (already copied), 1904-1934

 File
Identifier: Series 4
Scope and Contents

Articles written by Orrin Dunlap related to hydroelectric power plants and power utilization as well as RCA innovation

Dates: 1904-1934

Eugene A. Dickson Photographic Collection

 Collection — Box W-5: [Barcode: SC2334]
Identifier: EAD-000-000-106
Scope and Contents 32 boxes of color slides (about 40 slides per box) and a box of 8 x 10" black and white resin-coated photographs of scenes from 1959-1960 which are labeled, but many are blurry. Some of the slide boxes (and the b/w photographs) are stamped "Elizabeth A. Casey" There is also a folder of family history and a family photograph. The documentation provided in the slides is a valuable visual history of the Niagara Falls area including: streets, businesses, railroads, power house collapse...
Dates: 1959 - 1999

Edward Dean Adams Generating Station, 1927-1970

 Box — Box 175: [Barcode: SC0138]
Abstract

Information and documents about the generating station

Dates: 1927-1970

Hydroelectric Power Commission of Ontario Papers

 Collection
Identifier: HPCO-000-000-076
Scope and Contents

Reports commissioned by Ontario Hydro, 1907-1920, audits of operations through 1920, and publications and publicity about Ontario Hydro projects, 1924-1981. The company was first chaired by Sir Evan Beck.

Dates: 1907-1981

Power Authority (State of N.Y.), 1986

 Box — Carton 59: [Barcode: SC0168]
Identifier: Box 2
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1986

Power Co. Photographs, 1906-1921

 Box — Box 177: Series Subgroup 1 [Barcode: SC0159]
Identifier: Box 8