Title

Ontario Power Generating Station - studio portait of three workers

Description

L-R: A Lavigne, John McGee, Ray Bell ; studio backdrop shows American and Horseshoe Falls and the maid of the Mist ;

en-CA These three men worked on the early power plant at Niagara Falls around 1903 ; A Lavigne (left) lost his life when he fell from a cofferdam ; John McGee (centre) went on to work on many big construction projects including the building of the Royal York Hotel ;

Identifier

http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?b=1&ref=oo&id=250611

Type

Still Image

Medium

Black and white photograph

Extent

16.26 x 20.95 cm

Date

19110411

Is Part Of

OPG (Ontario Power Generation Inc.) Collection

Subject

Portraits - Biographical

Niagara Falls - Horseshoe Falls

Niagara Falls - American Falls

Provenance

Courtesy of OPG (Ontario Power Generation) ;

Spatial Coverage

Canada - Ontario

Source

Niagara Falls (Ont.) Public Library

number

D421910

Format

Black and white photograph

Date Created

2005-11-30

Date Modified

2005-12-02