IEEE Power & Energy Magazine - July/August 2016 - 104

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figure 21. Great Gorge Route car no. 19 southbound on the New York side of
the Niagara Gorge approaching the Whirlpool. (Photo courtesy of the Library
of Congress.)

generators to the Niagara Mohawk
(NMP) 60-Hz system. NMP was the
successor to the Niagara Falls Power
Company, the Niagara Lockport & Ontario Power Company, and the Cataract
Power & Conduit Company. National
Grid (NG) is the successor to NMP.

ceased operation on 11 September 1932
when, due to declining traffic, the IRC
decided to not renew the 40-year franchise. The building was demolished in
1985; a trail plaque marks its location.
The NGRR ceased operations on 17 September 1935 due to a rock slide.

Later Developments

1950 Niagara Diversion Treaty
Increased Allowable Water
Diversion

Niagara Falls Park &
River Railway
Early in the 1900s, the IRC's NFP&R
Division cooperated with the Niagara
Gorge Railroad Company (NGRR) to
jointly run trolley cars on a spectacular circular tour of the Niagara Gorge
(see Figures 1 and 21). The two trolley lines were connected by a double
track on the Upper Steel Arch Bridge
and a single track on the Queenston-Lewiston Suspension Bridge.
The IRC re built the powerhouse and,
in 1903, replaced t he d a m aged Canadian Niagara generators with three
200-hp railway generators and added
a 2,000-hp vertical turbine with a
direct connected 1,500-kW railway
generator at the south end of the powerhouse. The railway and powerhouse

During World War II, additional water
was diverted from the Niagara River
to allow increased power production
for war industries. This proved that increased diversion would not harm the
scenic quality of the falls. Following
a 1950 Canada-United States treaty, HEPC started construction of the
60-Hz Sir Adam Beck 2 powerhouse
south of Beck 1 (see Figure 20). Twin
5.6-mi (9.0-km) long tunnels were constructed from above the falls to the generating station, which contains 16 units with
an initial total capacity of 1,290,000 kW.
The plant started production in March
1954 and was completed in 1958. A
pumped-storage reservoir installation
provided an additional 120,000 kW. In
the mid-1950s, a single-circuit 230-kV

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