KENNETH M. SWEZEY PAPERS, 1891-1982
#47
"5,000 horsepower generators at the first power plant at Niagra
Falls, the ‘father’ of the modern electric power plant. This plant opened in
1895...was the first big plant to generate and transmit current by means of
Tesla Polyphase System."
Original Westinghouse Generators at Niagra Falls, Oct. 27, 1953: "The
three generators in the foreground began operating fifty-eight years ago in the
world’s first large power installation – The Edward Dean Adams power station
of Niagra Mohawk Power Corporation. Built by the Westinghouse Electric
Corporation and rated at 5,000 electrical horsepower..."
Plate with patent numbers on generators: "Manufactured for The
Niagara Falls Power Co. by Westinghouse Electric and Mfg. Co., 1897."
The Niagra Falls Power Company field wagon, n.d..
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