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 kowalski
   
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< on 10/3/2006 6:21 AM >
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Exploring the Toronto Power Company tailrace
The Toronto Power Company tailrace beneath Niagara Falls is one of the most fantastic works of underground construction in Canada, as well as one of the most difficult to reach. As the station is increasingly worked over for 'preservative' redevelopment, and some British drainers make perhaps the last push to reach its depths, I'm posting publicly for the first time my account of its existence and my trip into it two years ago.
An inherently dangerous place to reach, please do not attempt to do so unless you really know what you're doing.
I've also added several additional Toronto-area storm drains to the site since the last time I posted an update here. Enjoy.
www.vanishingpoint.ca
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Asher Archive
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| |  | Re: Toronto Power Company Tailrace @ Vanishing Point
<Reply # 1 on 10/6/2006 1:10 AM >
|  | | | That is a really wonderful write-up of your trip. The photos are very nice as well. Sounds like an amazing place, thank you for sharing that.
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kowalski
| | Re: Toronto Power Company Tailrace @ Vanishing Point
<Reply # 2 on 10/6/2006 1:36 AM >
| | | | You're welcome : )
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zero-trace
Location: Oshawa/London
Gender: Male
| | Re: Toronto Power Company Tailrace @ Vanishing Point
<Reply # 3 on 11/14/2006 4:42 AM >
| | | | Really impressive website. I visited Hearn this summer, my only regret is that I did not check it out sooner. Do you know anything about the "jail cell" in the offices?
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nomeus
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<Reply # 4 on 11/14/2006 5:14 AM >
| | | | first of all the website is done really well and all of the content is top notch
i was reading about the tailrace but i dont quite understand the function. do those giant pipe openings face the back of the falls? im trying to visualize the whole thing
www.terraincognito.com
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dsankt
Location: live and in the fresh
| | | | Re: Toronto Power Company Tailrace @ Vanishing Point
<Reply # 5 on 11/14/2006 5:31 AM >
| | | | Oh my, I'm tingling all over once more.
sleepycity.net: watch out for the third rail baby, that shit is high voltage. urbex and urban exploration photography |
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kowalski
| | Re: Toronto Power Company Tailrace @ Vanishing Point
<Reply # 6 on 11/14/2006 11:52 AM >
| | | | Posted by nomeus
i was reading about the tailrace but i dont quite understand the function. do those giant pipe openings face the back of the falls? im trying to visualize the whole thing
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Because of the amount of water, I didn't photograph the tunnel outlet at the time (I wish I had). The junction is just downstream of the plant, after which the tailwater flows several thousand feet down a single large tunnel under the river to the falls and yes, emerges behind the curtain.
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nightbird
    
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| | Re: Toronto Power Company Tailrace @ Vanishing Point
<Reply # 7 on 11/14/2006 12:49 PM >
| | | | Posted by zero-trace
Really impressive website. I visited Hearn this summer, my only regret is that I did not check it out sooner. Do you know anything about the "jail cell" in the offices?
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the jail was a leftover prop from the movie "frequency"
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zero-trace
Location: Oshawa/London
Gender: Male
| | Re: Toronto Power Company Tailrace @ Vanishing Point
<Reply # 8 on 11/14/2006 5:44 PM >
| | | | Posted by nightbird
the jail was a leftover prop from the movie "frequency"
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Whoa, I would have never guessed. Thanks.
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Brind
Location: Kitchener, ON
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Toronto Power Company Tailrace @ Vanishing Point
<Reply # 9 on 11/14/2006 10:56 PM >
| | | | I usually don't like drains or that sort of exploring, but this gave me a woody.
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