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Schoellkopf Power Plant (destroyed) (Niagara Falls, New York)

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One of the first hydroelectric plants built on the Niagara Gorge. The 25Hz facility was destroyed in a rock slide in 1956 after years of water getting in to the rock face behind the powerplant.

"A rock slide roared like a thousand lions followed by three earth shaking electrical explosions, buried two-thirds of the Schoellkopf Power Station in Niagara Falls, New York at the base of the Niagara Gorge shortly after 5 p.m. (Thursday June 7th 1956).

The site is now used as the dry dock winter storage location of the Maid of the Mist boats.

See:
www.niagarafrontier.com/schoellkopf.html
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Coordinates:   43°5'33"N   79°3'48"W
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