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Niagara Falls Power Company

 Organization

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Niagara Falls Power Company power generation facility photograph album

 Collection
Accession: 1990-265
Abstract:

The Niagara Falls Power Company began in 1890, the power plant harnessed waterpower to deliver electricity to Buffalo, New York. The company's two power stations were closed after more than sixty years of service in 1961. This collection's photographs document the erection of wooden poles for power transmission lines between Niagara Falls and Buffalo. There are also interiors and exteriors of power hosues and transformer buildings.

Dates: 1895-1897