Niagara Falls Original Turbines
- Description
- Using this extremely fine wood model as part of its technical proposal, the Swiss firm Faesch & Piccard won the contract to design the original turbines for the Niagara Falls power station. The actual turbines were built by the I. P. Morris Company of Philadelphia and were installed in 1895, the year the Adams Station went on line. The hydroelectric power generation facility at Niagara Falls gained international acclaim for its ability to efficiently convert a portion of the Falls' awe-inspiring natural energy into electricity. This was the world's first large-scale central electric power station, demonstrating how falling water (or other power sources) could be used successfully to supply electricity over an extended geographical area.
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- lighting
- Object Name
- turbine
- turbine, hydraulic, model
- date made
- 1895
- Physical Description
- metal (material)
- wood (material)
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania
- Schweiz
- United States: New York
- ID Number
- 315850
- accession number
- 221414
- catalog number
- 315850
- subject
- Energy & Power
- Engineering, Building, and Architecture
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Natural Resources
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- Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
- Exhibition
- Lighting A Revolution
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
- Credit Line
- Gift of Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation
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