From Collective Evolution: Can you imagine if we were still walking around at night using candles to light our way, or heating our homes only by fire? Sure, it’s romantic and nostalgic to do that once in a while, but at the end of the day, society would look extremely different without the use of…
From WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo (includes video): As Dan Davis, Joan Johnson and Lewis Buttery sit in the cafe at the Niagara Arts Culture Center, they discuss Niagara Falls history, and how it could mean big things for the future of the Cataract City. As members of the group Tesla at Niagara, they envision the…
From the Niagara Falls Review: As a young boy, Nikola Tesla saw an image of the Horseshoe Falls in a travel book and told his uncle he wanted to put a wheel under the falls to harness the power of the moving water. A bronze statue of the brilliant inventor has stood guard at the…
From Niagara This Week: A new hydro tunnel at Niagara Falls officially gushed water Thursday, cranking up electricity production at the Sir Adam Beck Generating Station. The 10.2-kilometre tunnel, which is 14.4 metres in diameter, was formally feted by energy minister Bob Chiarelli and Tom Mitchell, chief executive of Ontario Power Generation.
From WIVB Channel 4 in Buffalo: The Ontario Energy Commissioner, Chris Bentley, is expected to be on hand for a ceremony next Thursday marking the completion of the new hydroelectric tunnel under the city of Niagara Falls. The massive project took six years to complete. Bentley will be there for the last pour of concrete…
From the Niagara Falls Review: At $1.6 billion, it’s one of the biggest construction projects ever in Niagara. And in just more than a year, it should be done. The Niagara Tunnel Project will help carry more water from the upper Niagara River to the Sir Adam Beck generating station, providing enough hydroelectricity to power…
From the Canadian Press: Amid much fanfare, rubble and dust, the world’s largest rock tunnel boring machine made a breakthrough deep below Niagara Falls, Ont., Friday and finally saw the light of day. The massive, 4,000-tonne machine, called Big Becky, had been boring a 10.2-kilometre long, 14.4-metre high tunnel under the city since 2006. Crowds…
From the Niagara Falls Review: After four years of underground burrowing, Big Becky is about to surface near Niagara Falls. Big Becky is the nicknmame of the tunnel-boring machine digging a 10-km tunnel under the city of Niagara Falls that will bring more water to the Sir Adam Beck hydroelectric generators. “If all goes well,…
From the Buffalo News: A small army of men and machines moved into Niagara Falls and Lewiston half a century ago to build the $720 million Niagara Power Project that forever changed the face of the lower Niagara River gorge and ignited unending debate over the project itself, the allocation of electricity and the project’s…