Sir Adam Beck II (Niagara Falls, Ontario)

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PLANT GROUP: Niagara Plant Group
DRAINAGE BASIN: Lake Erie
RIVER: Niagara
IN SERVICE DATE: 1954
Asset Transferred to Ontario Power Generation: April 1, 1999
NUMBER OF UNITS: 16
CONTROL: Attended

MISCELLANEOUS:
Models of the river and of the intakes were used extensively in the design of hydraulic features. The model at A.W. Manby Service Centre was used to investigate problems related to location and general dimensions, to river bed excavation, and to the exclusion of ice from the tubes. The detailed design of the tubes, including slots and angles of the piers, was based on investigations carried out by means of a larger model in the hydraulic laboratories of the University of Toronto. The latter model was used to measure the direction of flow and the magnitude of velocities and also to measure hydraulic losses. It is interesting to note that the intakes effectively excluded ice from water flowing to the tunnels during the particularly adverse ice conditions that developed during the first winter of operations.