Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Thirty-Third Annual Report of the Commissioners for the Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park, 1918
The Canadian Niagara Power Company has proceeded with the alteration works at the Intake from the Niagara River throughout the year, and has now practically completed the ice Shield at the entrance to the intake, together with some modifications of the forebay. The new ice shield is expected to relieve the severe ice difficulties affecting the operation of the generating station in the winter season. During the construction operations a considerable quantity of rock exca vation from the river bottom was temporarily deposited at_ the northerly end of the entrance to the intake, thereby raising the water levels in the forebay. The Company thereupon sought permission to maintain the material over the winter of 1918-19 to gather data for the designing of a submerged weir, conditionally authorized under the agreement with the Commissioners dated November 2lst, 1912. The material will be allowed to remain until May lst, 1919.
Approval was given to the construction of chambers for reactance coils adjoining the power house on the westerly Side. This apparatus will serve as a protective measure for the generating machinery.
The Canadian Niagara Power Company continues to develop beyond its authorized capacity of electrical h'orse-power. The peak load for the half year ending April 3oth, 1918, was horse - power, and for the half-year ending October 3lst, 1918, horse-power. Rental for the unauthorized generation of power was tendered by the Company, but refused.
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