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Appleton
Location: ON
Operator: Canadian Hydro Developers Inc
Configuration: 3 X 450 kW Kaplan
Operation: 1994
T/G supplier: Canadian Hydro Components, WHC
Quick facts: The plant was built
at the site of an old mill.
Photograph courtesy of Canadian Hydro
Developers Inc
Posted 7 Aug 2005 |
Barrett Chute
Location: ON
Operator: Ontario Power Generation
Configuration: 2 X 24 MW, 2 X 62 MW Francis
Operation: 1942-1968
T/G supplier: ACC, CGE
Quick facts: Construction on the main dam at Barrett Chute started in
1938. The concrete gravity structure on the Madawaska
River is 27m high and 360m long. The site is 29km from Renfrew and the
power station is operated remotely from Chenaux.
Photograph courtesy of Ontario Power Generation
Posted 4 Jan 2009 |
Bracebridge Falls
Location: ON
Operator: Bracebridge Generation Ltd
Configuration: 2 X 300 kW Kaplan
Operation: 1900-1904
T/G supplier: Cooper, CGE
Quick facts: Bracebridge Falls, once named North Falls, is now
the site of the hydroelectric plant, moved from the Upper Falls in 1902.
Bracebridge is said to be the first municipality in Canada to embrace
hydro power. The generators and generator bearings are original although the
turbines, flumes and the dam have been replaced.
Photograph by gregorypleau (flickr)
Posted 20 Aug 2006 |
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Caribou Falls
Location: ON
Operator: Ontario Power Generation
Configuration: 3 X 28.5 MW propeller
Operation: 1942-1968
T/G supplier: DEW, CGE
Quick facts: The Caribou station was the third plant built along the
English River to meet rising demand from mining and pulp and paper
industries. The site is 66km from Kenora and is operated remotely from
Thunder Bay. The power station was rehabilitated in 2006. Umfreville Lake
above the dam is a renowned fishing destination.
Photograph courtesy of Ontario Power Generation
Posted 4 Jan 2009 |
Chat Falls/Chute-des-Chats
Location: ON
Operator: Ontario Power Generation/Hydro-Quebec
Configuration: 8 X 18.4 MW propeller
Operation: 1931-1932
T/G supplier: DEW, WHC
Quick facts: This jointly-owned power station is on the Ottawa River
near Fitrzroy Harbour. Modern development of the site for hydropower got
underway when the Hydro-Electric Power Commission expropriated various
properties and rights to development on the Ontario side of the river
while all development rights on the Quebec side of the boundary had been
combined and a development license obtained from the Quebec Government.
Chats Falls Power Co, later Ottawa Valley Power Co, was formed and
proceeded with surveys and plans for a development that would place a
powerhouse and dam along the Ontario shore, using about half the river
flow. In 1928, an agreement was made with HPC development of the whole
site in one powerhouse. Surveys and engineering studies proceeded and
construction started in the Fall of 1929.The plant is controlled and owned
jointly by OPG (Units 2-5) and Hydro-Quebec (Units 6-9).
Photograph courtesy of Ontario Power Generation
Posted 5 Jun 2011 |
Crowe Bay
Location: ON
Operator: Hydro One Networks
Configuration: 1 X 900 kW, 1 X 1,180 kW Francis
Operation: 1912-1981
T/G supplier: Barber, GE, AC, CGE
Quick facts: Located at Lock 14 of the Trent-Severn Waterway, north
of Campbellford in Trent Hills
Photograph courtesy of Trent Rapids Power
Posted 15 Jan 2007 |
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Decew Falls I&II
Location: ON
Operator: Ontario Power Generation
Configuration: 2 X 5 MW, 4 X 6.4 MW, 2 X 64 MW propeller
Operation: 1904-1947
T/G supplier: Voith, Western Electric, ACC, CGE
EPC: Angus McDonald & Co, Royal Electric Co
Quick facts: The first plant at DeCew Falls, 2mi from St Catharines, was
built by Cataract Power Co to supply power to Hamilton 35mi away. It used
water from Lake Erie delivered through the Welland Canal to Lake Gibson.
Seven steel penstocks supply direct-connected, horizontal turbines.
Tail-water is carried downstream via Twelve Mile Creek to Lake Ontario at
Port Dalhousie. The head is 260ft. The plant was completed in 1912 with a
total output of 44.6 MVA at 66 2/3 cycles. In 1930, it was bought by
Ontario Hydro and converted to 60 cycle operation. This is the oldest
Niagara power station still operating.
Photograph courtesy of Ontario Power Generation
Posted 4 Jan 2009 |
Des Joachims
Location: ON
Operator: Ontario Power Generation
Configuration: 8 X 50 MW Francis
Operation: 1950-1951
T/G supplier: DEW, WHC
EPC: HEPC
Quick facts: The Des Joachims plant is the largest OPG plant on the
Ottawa River. Construction started in 1942 and it was officially opened on
28 Jun 1950 by HEC Chairman Robert H. Saunders and Ontario Premier Leslie
Frost. The dam required considerable rehabilitation after commissioning.
Photograph courtesy of Ontario Power Generation
Posted 4 Jan 2009 |
Ear Falls
Location: ON
Operator: Ontario Power Generation
Configuration: 2 X 5 MW propeller, 2 X 6 MW Kaplan
Operation: 1930-1948
T/G supplier: DEW, SMS, Sulzer, WHC, Oerlikon
EPC: HEPC
Quick facts: The construction of the Ear Falls GS was facilitated by the
Lac Seul Conservation Act of 1928, an agreement between the federal
government and the provinces of Ontario and Manitoba. Construction started
in the summer of 1928 and was completed in the spring of 1929. Ear Falls
GS uses water from Lac Seul on the English River. Simultaneously with the
work on the power development, Howey Gold Mines Ltd built a 64km
transmission line from the plant to its mine at Red Lake. In Aug 1997, a
fire destroyed the powerhouse but the major equipment components survived
and were restored following reconstruction in 1998. As part of the
project, new electrical systems and controls were installed.
Photograph courtesy of Ontario Power Generation
Re-posted 5 Mar 2010 |
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Fenelon Falls
Location: ON
Operator: Shaman Power Corp
Configuration: 2.6 MW
Operation: 1997
T/G supplier: ??
Quick facts: Located at Lock 34 of the Trent-Severn Waterway in
Kawartha Lakes.
Photograph courtesy of Trent Rapids Power
Posted 15 Jan 2007 |
Galetta Rebuild
Location: ON
Operator: Canadian Hydro Developers Inc
Configuration: 1.6 MW
Operation: 1998
T/G supplier: Canadian Hydro Components, WHC
Quick facts: In 1998,
CHD
purchased the Galetta
plant from Canadian Hydro Components, which had acquired the site from
Ontario Hydro a local private power producer. The plant was originally
built in 1907 to provide local power supply. CHD upgraded the original
generators, added two propeller turbines with induction generators,
replaced the original turbines with larger machines and automated control
room components.
Photograph courtesy of Canadian Hydro
Developers Inc
Posted 20 Oct 2007 |
Glen Miller
Location: ON
Operator: Innergex Group
Configuration: 2 X 4 MW bulb
Operation: 2005
T/G supplier: VA TECH
Quick facts: This facility is Sonoco’s Mill
Dam on the Trent River and replaced an old 1-MW powerhouse. The existing
dam was refurbished to raise the operating level of the head pond by 1.6m
to a final rated head of 6.1m. The plant is connected to an existing Hydro
One 44kV line to feed into the Ontario electricity market.
Photograph courtesy of Ontario Power
Authority
Posted 1 Jul 2006 |
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Frankford
Location: ON
Operator: Ontario Power Generation
Configuration: 4 X 1.158 MW bulb
Operation: 1913
T/G supplier: Sulzer, WHC
EPC: Smith Kerry and Chace
Quick facts: This plant was built for Sidney Electric Power Co and
acquired by HEPC in 1916. New turbines were installed in 1992.
Photograph courtesy of Ontario Power Generation
Posted 29 Nov 2009
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Hagues Reach
Location: ON
Operator: Ontario Power Generation
Configuration: 3 X 1.4 MW
Operation: 1925
T/G supplier: ACC, WHC
Quick facts: This stretch of the Trent River near Campbellford is
correctly known as "Haig's Reach," named after Thomas Haig who was
born in 1853 in Seymour Township.
Photograph courtesy of Ontario Power Generation
Posted 29 Nov 2009
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Hanna Chute
Location: ON
Operator: Ontario Power Generation
Configuration: 1 X 1.4 MW
Operation: 1926
T/G supplier: DEW, CGE
Quick facts: Hanna Chute is on the Muskoka River near Bracebridge. It
was built by Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario and went
commercial on 22 Oct 1926.
Photograph courtesy of Ontario Power Generation
Posted 29 Nov 2009
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Harmon
Location: ON
Operator: Ontario Power Generation
Configuration: 2 X 68 MW propeller
Operation: 1965
T/G supplier: John Inglis, WHC
EPC: HEPC
Operation: This is one of four Mattagami River generating stations
officially opened by Hon John P Roberts, Premier of Ontario and George E
Gathercole, then HEPC Chairman on 21 Jul 1966. The ceremony took place at
the Harmon station.
Photograph courtesy of Ontario Power Generation
Re-posted 29 Nov 2009 |
Healey Falls
Location: ON
Operator: Ontario Power Generation
Configuration: 3 X 3.75 MW
Operation: 1913-1919
T/G supplier: WSM, Escher Wyss, CGE
Quick facts: Healey Falls is on the Trent-Severn Waterway near the town
of Campbellford. Flows on the river are controlled by Parks Canada whose
primary objective is to maintain water levels for navigation purposes. The
powerhouse designed to accommodate four turbines. A new machine is being
installed in the spare bay in the existing powerhouse. One of the original
penstocks will be bifurcated to supply the new new turbine.
Photograph courtesy of Ontario Power Generation
Posted 29 Nov 2009
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High Falls
Location: ON
Operator: Bracebridge Generation Ltd
Configuration: 1 X 800 kW Francis
Operation: 1948
T/G supplier: Cooper, CGE
Photograph by Dave (pbase)
Posted 4 Sep 2006 |
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Indian Chute
Location: ON
Operator: Ontario Power Generation
Configuration: 2 X 1.8 MW, 1 X 9.35 MW Francis
Operation: 1923-1924
T/G supplier: Boving, Westinghouse
Quick facts: Indian Chute was built by Great Northern Power Co, which amalgamated with the Northern Ontario Power
Co in Dec 1928. NOPC was bought by Ontario Hydro in Nov 1944.
Photograph by Markus C (Panoramio)
Posted 17 Jan 2011 |
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Island Falls
Location: ON
Operator: ACH LP
Configuration: 4 X 9.6 MW Francis
Operation: 1923-1924
T/G supplier: IPM, Dominion Engineering, GE, Westinghouse
Quick facts: In Apr 2007, Abitibi-Consolidated Company of Canada formed
ACH Limited Partnership to hold hydroelectric generating assets in
Ontario.
Photograph by Markus C (Panoramio)
Posted 17 Jan 2011 |
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