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 ArmchairExplorer
 
Location: Vancouver
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<Reply # 20 on 11/23/2005 10:29 PM >
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Am I correct in thinking this is the site of Tesla`s original power system?
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Nope, sorry. The Adams Powerhouse plant was on the American side. All the buildings were all up stream of the falls with only a tailrace tunnel downstream of the falls. The powerhouse was demolished in 1961 in a sad, stupid and reckless disregard for history. The tailrace tunnel survives today; it is now used as the outlet for Niagara Falls' sewage plant.
http://ah.bfn.org/a/nf/adams
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msb
  
Location: Sykesville, MD
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<Reply # 21 on 11/24/2005 4:05 AM >
| | | | I was intrigued by this building when I saw it, but I was not in the position to cross the border and check it out. Here is another photo from the american side.
and a big, color version is here:
www.deltablack.com/opgs.jpg
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slacker
Location: U.K.
Gender: Male
| | Re: Strange building - Niagara Falls area.
<Reply # 22 on 12/4/2005 1:44 PM >
| | | | Thank you ArmchairExplorer !
What a shame the Adams plant was demolished , an incredible building and a milestone in technology...
Thanks for the link man!
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Thunderheart
Location: Niagara Falls
Gender: Male
| | Re: Strange building - Niagara Falls area.
<Reply # 23 on 12/11/2005 6:23 PM >
| | | | The OPGS ...the "OP" as it was affectionately known as, was mothballed in the winter of 1999. The equipment was for the most part fully functional. Once each year they run a unit for about 24 hours. The reason it was mothballed was the sale of the property to Falls Management where the new casino was erected. The power output cables ran up to the OPDS(formerly on the new casino site), and then underground to the Niagara transformer station, located west of the five corners(Portage/Murray Hill etc etc). No longer is there a path for the power to be transmitted from the station.
The 3 water intakes for the station are in the "Gate House" which is the ornate building located on the Niagara River Parkway just opposite Dufferin Islands. The pipelines were installed initially in trenches but about half way to their end they had to be located on the surface to maintain the proper slope and were laid close to the old shoreline and backfilled over. The parking lot for Table Rock House is located on top of them, hence the difference in elevation. #1 pipeline is about 20 ft in diameter, and constructed of steel. #2 pipeline which was built in the first expansion of the station is of concrete construction and as well about 20 ft in diameter.In the final expansion, pipeline #3 was built to provide capacity for the 4 additional and smaller units. Because the expansion was a wartime measure(WW1) steel was in short supply. The 14 ft diameter tunnel was built of oak staves and steel bands.
The 3 pipelines were terminated each with a surge tank. Surge tanks 1 and 2 are south of the Queen Victoria park restaurant. They are the structure the falls illumination lights are on. Surge tank #3 was located in the middle of the lawn of the restaurant, where the parking lot currently is. The surge tank was demolished in 1974 when the remaining small units were removed from service. All three pipelines remain as they were. #3 has been turned over to the Niagara Parks and they have located their irrigation water supply into this pipeline. I have been in this pipeline, and walked it as far as the Greenhouse. If there is as place that is blacker than this I'd like to see it. Shining a 5 million CP lantern into the blackness I had no return. Talk about sensory depravation. It is not a place to go without SCBA, due to the presence of H2S gas. There are portions of the staving rotted away.
Beneath the pipelines is the valve chamber. Since the mothballing, ingress of ground water has created the stalagmites referred to in a previous exploration. The valve chamber accesses the bottom of the pipelines and the 9' Diameter valves are the isolating point for each turbine.
Interesting tidbits
In 1926 unit 15 lost its feed and ran away. The unit disintegrated, destroying itself and blowing the roof off the end of the building unit 16 was damaged by shrapnel and as a result never ran again. One of the field poles from G15 came back through the roof and left a huge gash on the frame of #8. The repairs to the roof still visible.
To aid the war effort, brass covers which enclosed the ends of the generator windings were removed and melted down to make bullet casings. Also the turbine manufacturers trade mark plates were removed for the same purpose, and the fact that it was a german manufacturer made it a bit sweeter.
FYI
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micro
Gender: Male
Slowly I turned
| | Re: Strange building - Niagara Falls area.
<Reply # 24 on 12/11/2005 10:54 PM >
| | | | Great details. Thanks for sharing.
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Syme_cc
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<Reply # 25 on 3/1/2006 1:24 PM >
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No that one is around the corner further along. The Toronto Power station? Its also freakin cool. Better than this one I reckon.
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micro
Gender: Male
Slowly I turned
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<Reply # 26 on 3/1/2006 1:29 PM >
| | | | Are you referring to the Niagara Falls Power Station on the NY side? That one got demolished a long time ago. The only thing that's left now is the transformer house.
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The Wolf!
Location: Buffalo, NY (formerly Toronto, Canada)
Gender: Male
Living on the Road and Rails.
| |  | | Re: Strange building - Niagara Falls area.
<Reply # 27 on 3/3/2006 12:44 PM >
| | | | Posted by Syme_cc
No that one is around the corner further along. The Toronto Power station? Its also freakin cool. Better than this one I reckon.
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I have been to both and I think the OPGS is the best. being that its below the falls, the entry is spectacular! and the valve chamber and tunnels are very cool to explore, and rather safe. the Toronto generating station however is quite dangerous in some spots.
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lsd
Location: g-spot.
Gender: Male
aight
| | Re: Strange building - Niagara Falls area.
<Reply # 28 on 3/9/2006 4:26 PM >
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the water flowing out of the little pipe on the lower left looks like a giant bird!
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journeylady
Location: Kitchener
Gender: Female
| | Re: Strange building - Niagara Falls area.
<Reply # 29 on 3/9/2006 4:58 PM >
| | | | I saw that building last month when I was in Niagara for my Girl's Casino weekend. My Mom got all mad at me for wanting to go explore it. I didn't get close at all, but I got an interesting pic or two I think... I'll see if I can find them.
It's a tragedy.
It's exactly like a greek tragedy.
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MikeBeauchamp
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<Reply # 30 on 3/9/2006 6:00 PM >
| | | | Posted by lsd
the water flowing out of the little pipe on the lower left looks like a giant bird!
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YES! I wasn't the only one to think that!
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defacto
Gender: Male
you're getting verrry sleeepy
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<Reply # 31 on 3/9/2006 6:03 PM >
| | | | Posted by lsd
the water flowing out of the little pipe on the lower left looks like a giant bird!
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That's too funny, I didn't even see that until you pointed it out; it looks like a white swan.
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Stewie
Location: Hamilton, Ontario
Gender: Male
kill your idols
| | | Re: Strange building - Niagara Falls area.
<Reply # 32 on 3/9/2006 11:04 PM >
| | | | Thanks for the info Thunderheart. Thats a lot of stuff I didn't even know.
... someone get this guy full membership! 
I'd love to explore the OPGS, but apparently I missed out on that oppurtunity and its now impossible. I got to do the TPGS but it doesn't excite me like OP.
*is jealous of RW*
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> The hierarchy of power dictates that the person with the most power does the least amount of work and retains the highest benefit. |
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Axle
Location: Milton, ON
Gender: Male
Sieg oder Tod
| | Re: Strange building - Niagara Falls area.
<Reply # 33 on 3/9/2006 11:27 PM >
| | | | Xanthus and I are planning a trip down to the Falls sometime in the summer, to go exploring.
Celer at Audax
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HairyTheTaco
Location: The Hammer, Ontario
Gender: Male
| | Re: Strange building - Niagara Falls area.
<Reply # 34 on 3/10/2006 1:50 AM >
| | | | Thunderheart >>> By any chance, do you have any historical info on the Toronto Power Company Generating Station?
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Bobtheallmighty
Location: Somewhere over london, Ontario
Gender: Male
gotta climb.
| | Re: Strange building - Niagara Falls area.
<Reply # 35 on 3/10/2006 5:28 AM >
| | | | Posted by Particle Man
Thanks for the info Thunderheart. Thats a lot of stuff I didn't even know.
... someone get this guy full membership!
I'd love to explore the OPGS, but apparently I missed out on that oppurtunity and its now impossible. I got to do the TPGS but it doesn't excite me like OP.
*is jealous of RW*
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actually i have herd from a reliable source that you can still get into the building... in fact he even told me how...
-bob
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Location: Smithers, BC
Gender: Male
HONK! HONK!
| | Re: Strange building - Niagara Falls area.
<Reply # 36 on 3/10/2006 5:44 AM >
| | | | Yeah, its just not painfully walk through the front door easy any more.
Here's a lockpick. It might be handy if you, the master of unlocking, take it with you. |
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kowalski
| | Re: Strange building - Niagara Falls area.
<Reply # 37 on 3/10/2006 2:33 PM >
| | | | Posted by HairyTheTaco
Thunderheart >>> By any chance, do you have any historical info on the Toronto Power Company Generating Station?
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www.vanishingpoint.ca/tpco.html is a good starting point.
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Stewie
Location: Hamilton, Ontario
Gender: Male
kill your idols
| | | Re: Strange building - Niagara Falls area.
<Reply # 38 on 3/10/2006 10:05 PM >
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That was a really nice read. I learned a lot about the plant that I wish I knew when I was there. Thanks.
> The hierarchy of power dictates that the person with the most power does the least amount of work and retains the highest benefit. |
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MikeBeauchamp
| | | Re: Strange building - Niagara Falls area.
<Reply # 39 on 3/11/2006 2:04 AM >
| | | | Posted by Particle Man
That was a really nice read. I learned a lot about the plant that I wish I knew when I was there. Thanks.
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Agreed... thanks for posting that site, definitely a good one.
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