The transmission plant of the Niagara, Lockport and Ontario Power Company

On the seventh day of July, 1906, there was put into operation the first of the transmission lines of the Niagara, Lockport and Ontario Power Company. This event marks the inauguration of one of the first undertakings in the matter of distributing Niagara power over a large section of country, and t...

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Published in:Proceedings of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers 1907-09, Vol.26 (9), p.1367-1407
Main Author: Mershon, Ralph D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Companies
Economics
Poles and towers
Power generation
Power transmission lines
Rivers
Switches
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Summary:On the seventh day of July, 1906, there was put into operation the first of the transmission lines of the Niagara, Lockport and Ontario Power Company. This event marks the inauguration of one of the first undertakings in the matter of distributing Niagara power over a large section of country, and the beginning of an enterprise which is one of the most important, and in some respects the most important, of its kind anywhere in the world.
ISSN:0097-2444
2376-7758
DOI:10.1109/PAIEE.1907.6741846