Sir Adam Beck I (Niagara Falls, Ontario) | hydroelectric power station/plant

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PLANT GROUP: Niagara Plant Group
DRAINAGE BASIN: Lake Erie
RIVER: Niagara
NEAREST POPULATION CENTRE: Queenston
IN SERVICE DATE:
Unit 1-2, 4 - 1922
Unit 5- 1923
Unit 3, 6-7 - 1924
Unit 8-9 - 1925
Unit 10 - 1930 (1924)
BUILT BY: Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario
Asset Transferred to Ontario Power Generation: April 1, 1999
NUMBER OF UNITS: 10
CONTROL: Remote from SAB II GS

HISTORICAL NOTE:
Formerly known as the Queenston-Chippawa Development.

MISCELLANEOUS:
Typical component weights are as follows:
Rotor - 286 tonnes (315 tons)
Runner - 23 tonnes (25 tons)
Total - 947 tonnes (1044 tons)
Transformer - 91 tonnes (100 tons)

Originally built to produce 25Hz power for the local grid. Gradually converted to 60Hz production by 2009. Contains an frequency changer for residual 25Hz customers.