Famous Visitors @ Niagara

Ontario Power Company Generating Station - No 2 Conduit

View inside the housing over the trench in front of the entrance building

Ontario Power Company Generating Station - view at distributor

horse buggy carriage horses carriages drawn

Ontario Power Company Generating Station - Entrance and Overflow buildings, north from Table Rock

Clifton House Hotel in distance and the lower Niagara River (right) ; Queen Victoria Park and Niagara Boulevard [Parkway] ;

Ontario Power Company Generating Station - Interior - Ten Units Installed

Negative available

Ontario Power Company Generating Station - Construction work at the site

Negative available

Ontario Power Company Generating Station - Overflow Building and Surge Tank

Negative available

Ontario Power Company Generating Station - Ice Conditions inside, between Units 2 & 3

Negative available

Canadian Niagara Power Plant - Construction of Inlet Arches at South end of Forebay

Canadian Niagara Power Plant - Placing of Craft Tubes at No 1 and No 2

Niagara Falls Heritage Foundation

Canadian Niagara Power Plant - Construction on West Side of Wheel Pit Extension

Niagara Falls Heritage Foundation

Canadian Niagara Power Plant - Bridge Over The Forebay Entrance

Niagara Falls Heritage Foundation

Canadian Niagara Power Plant - General View of the Forebay Looking North

note horse drawn wagons in foreground of photograph

Canadian Niagara Power Plant - Construction On The Forebay Piers

Toronto Power Plant - Crib-work construction and workers at the site

also available as an 8" x 10" black and white photograph, part of the Kiwanis Collection

Canadian Niagara Power Plant - workers excavating through rock for the wheel pit

Heritage Foundation

Toronto Power Company Plant - construction workers inside the crib work

Niagara Heritage Foundation

Electrical Development Company of Ontario Limited - Cross section (Toronto Power)

The station was built at Niagara Falls by the Electrical Development Company of Ontario & was Acquired by Ontario Hydro in 1922 ;

Toronto Power Plant Generating Station

The station was built at Niagara Falls by the Electrical Development Company of Ontario & was Acquired by Ontario Hydro in 1922 ;

Adam Beck Circus - Promotional Display of Electrical Equipment On 3 Ton Gram Truck

items include a circular saw and a washing machine among others

Promotional shot of a modern kitchen equipped with electricity - Cannington Ontario

cannington ontario washing machine iron farm house kitchen

Promotional Shot of Electrical Goods at a Ploughing Match, Niagara Falls

washing machine fire place oven cooker

Toronto Power Company - Compressor Loaded On Six-Wheel Packard Truck

photograph in poor condition

Hydro Electric Power Company - Buick Car Converted Into A Small Truck No. 26

Aerial view of construction at the Queenston-Chippawa Power development

now Sir Adam Beck Number 1

Queenston-Chippawa Power Plant development - forebay excavation

train trains

Queenston-Chippawa Power Plant Administration Building

car cars

Queenston-Chippawa Power Plant view from the United States

now Sir Adam Beck Number 1

Queenston-Chippawa Power Plant view from the United States

now Sir Adam Beck Number 1

Queenston-Chippawa Hydro Electric Power Canal during excavation

Niagara Falls Heritage Foundation

Queenston-Chippawa Hydro Electric Power Canal dewatered for deepening

euclid dump truck trucks

Sir Adam Beck 2 Power Generating Station - close up view of intake openings on the Upper River

Kiwanis collection

Sir Adam Beck 2 Power Generating Station - construction of intake tunnels

date not known

Sir Adam Beck 2 Power Generating Station - trench excavation for penstocks

Niagara Falls Heritage Foundation

Sir Adam Beck 2 Power Generating Station - penstocks retaining wall being concreted

Niagara Falls Heritage Foundation Collection

Canadian Niagara Power Plant - excavating forebay old river bed around Cedar Island

Niagara Falls Heritage Foundation

Sir Adam Beck 1 and 2 Power Generating Station - aerial view

reservoir under construction top left and Portage Road winding through the area

Sir Adam Beck 2 Power Generating Station - aerial view of pump storage canal

date unknown

Ice Boom preventing ice from Lake Erie entering the Niagara River - aerial view

Sir Adam Beck 1 and 2 Power Generating Station - aerial view, Niagara River

bottom right is the reservoir for the pump storage development

Ontario Hydro Floral Clock

Ontario Hydro Floral Clock - removing coins from the wishing well

Horseshoe Falls - remedial work in progress, Canadian Niagara Power (background)

Table Rock House (bottom right)

Horseshoe Falls - remedial work in progress to spread out flow of water

Table Rock House just to the right of centre in background

Plaque commemerating opening of the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge

plaque

Lewiston-Queenston Bridge - signing of the contracts

kaumeyer c e charles chas daley mpp walter s johnson

Lewiston-Queenston Bridge - surveying the site

kaumeyer c e charles chas daley mpp walter s johnson stewart s macinnes qc

Lewiston-Queenston Bridge - breaking sod for the new bridge

walter s johnson chas charles daley mpp ground breaking

Lewiston-Queenston Bridge - sod turning ceremony at United States Terminal

ground breaking kaumeyer c e latham william engineer new york state john bingenheimer george orr walter s johnson charles p stevenson

Lewiston-Queenston Bridge - sod turning ceremony

ground breaking kaumeyer c e john bingenheimer walter s johnson charles p stevenson daley chas mpp stewart macinnes qc

Lewiston-Queenston Bridge - sod turning ceremony at Canadian Terminal

ground breaking kaumeyer c e john bingenheimer walter s johnson charles p stevenson daley chas mpp

Lewiston-Queenston Bridge - the last span remains to be put in place

The construction was a joint project between Canada and the United States ; Permission to reproduce this image must be obtained from the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission ;

Lewiston-Queenston Bridge - aerial view United States terminal

The construction was a joint project between Canada and the United States ; Permission to reproduce this image must be obtained from the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission ;

Lewiston-Queenston Bridge - aerial view Canadian terminal

brock sir isaac brock's monument lower niagara river

Lewiston-Queenston Bridge - opening ceremonies ribbon cutting

Courtesy of Ron Roels

Lewiston-Queenston Bridge - opening ceremonies ribbon cutting

chas charles stevenson stewart s macinnes qc james j upson honourable daley john j bingenheimer

Lewiston-Queenston Bridge - official opening ceremonies

governor nelson a rockfeller premier ontario john robarts senator early brydges new york state

Lewiston-Queenston Bridge - Chairmen of the Commission

charles daley malvern hill banker walter s johnson

Lewiston-Queenston Bridge - official opening ceremonies and speeches

stewart macinnes charles stevenson premier ontario john robarts governor new york state nelson rockfeller

Lewiston-Queenston Bridge - official opening ceremonies and speeches

john bingenheimer charles stevenson premier ontario john robarts

Lewiston-Queenston Bridge - official opening ceremonies members of the Commission

john bingenheimer walter johnson malvern hill banker financier stewart macinnes qc charles daley c ellison kaumeyer

Lewiston-Queenston Bridge - official opening ceremonies

john bingenheimer charles stevenson premier ontario john robarts p governor new york state nelson rockfeller john j bingenheimer

Hon Frederick M Cass QC MPP Attorney General for Ontario

Former Niagara Falls Bridge Commissioner

Hon James N Allan MPP Treasurer of Ontario Niagara Falls Bridge Commissioner

queenston lewiston bridge honourable

Hon Charles S MacNaughton MPP Minister of Highways for Ontario Niagara Falls Bridge Commissioner

The construction was a joint project between Canada and the United States.

Rainbow Bridge, American and Horseshoe Falls

date unknown

Rainbow Bridge from Queen Victoria Park, Inspiration Point (right)

date circa 1962

Rainbow Bridge possibly opening day ceremony, American and Horseshoe Falls background

date is contingent upon this being the official opening of the Bridge

Men on cable car over the Niagara River, Clifton Hotel in background

date circa 1868

New Falls View Upper Suspension bridge construction - Clifton Hotel in background

negative NSB-44

New Falls View Upper Suspension bridge - Entrance on US side

negative NSB-6

New Falls View Upper Suspension Bridge

date circa 1869

New Falls New Upper Suspension bridge

published by Gies and Company, Buffalo, New York

New Falls View Upper Suspension Bridge - artist's rendering

This is an artist's rendering of the very first bridge 1868-69. Soon after that the construction was covered with wood and stairways were constructed inside. Sightseers and tourists were charged 10 cents to go up the structure and look at the view ;