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    Hydro wires on the beach - Radial Railway

    “in 1907, HRER cars travelled south from Wilson on newly built track along Sanford Ave to King, and then along King to the Terminal Station at Catharine St. The tracks along Wilson and Gore were transferred to the HSR, who used them for out of service streetcar moves. The station at James and...
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    Hydro wires on the beach - Radial Railway

    “The HRER powerhouse was built at the northern end of the beach strip, half a mile from the Brant hotel. Measuring 103 x 53 ft, the brick building had a 120 ft smokestack, with two 250 hp engines. Construction of the building began in early May. Goldie & McCullough in Galt was in charge of the...
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    Hydro wires on the beach - Radial Railway

    I’ve found two pages on the Decew Falls hydro generator. The first, has a picture of the wooden poles! And the second, some early pictures of the powerhouse. https://reference.insulators.info/publications/view/?id=11357...
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    Hydro wires on the beach - Radial Railway

    In follow up to my last post, I am now quoting from the Hamilton Radial Electric Railroad (HRER) page to make things clearer. And also some information on the Hamilton and Northwestern Railroad which as I said began running in 1877, and crossed the Burlington Canal. “The first trip over the...
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    Hydro wires on the beach - Radial Railway

    Scott, unfortunately Dorothy Turco Scott, according to the caption to the picture taken from the top of the smokestack in the Hamilton Transit Hamilton Radial page, the picture was taken in 1896 when the radial was still under Construction. and the hydro electricity didn't begin flowing from...
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    Hydro wires on the beach - Radial Railway

    Scott, I'm wondering if Dorothy Turcotte is correct in saying that the HRER's powerhouse was used as a transformer station when power began flowing from Decew Falls. " Original Uses of the Plant Almost as fascinating as the plant itself is the original use of the power it produced. A portion...
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    Hydro wires on the beach - Radial Railway

    “This thread indicates that when hydro electricity began being transmitted from Decew Falls (1898) the radial power house was converted to a transformer station. so then the question is, were there origenally two hydro wires running along the beach to the radial power house, each on separate...
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    Hydro wires on the beach - Radial Railway

    I've been told that there was a lot of in-fill done along the shores of the bay to provide for industrial growth. is it possible that when the power plant was built, it was at the south end of the beach? I'm obviously not familiar with how it was located in relation to the bay, the lake and the...
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    Hydro wires on the beach - Radial Railway

    I have to point out that I made a mistake in my earlier post when I said that the page indicates that the Hamilton Radial Electric Railroad’s (HRER) powerhouse on Hamilton Beach, was converted to a transformer. It wasn’t, it was held in reserve as a back up generator to be used in any failure of...
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    The Burlington Races

    On September 28, 1813 as Yeo was at anchor in the bay at York, Chauncey appeared from the east. Chauncey’s squadron consisted of his flagship the "Pike", along with the "Madison", three brigs and six schooners - eleven vessels in all. In comparison, the British squadron under Yeo was comprised...
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    Exchange flow through the Burlington Ship Canal

    Creator Tedford, Edmund W. The currents in the Burlington Ship Canal were found to be the result of a variety of driving mechanisms. Wind driven upwelling at the western end of Lake Ontario creates a horizontal density gradient through the canal driving baroclinic currents. Wind initiated...
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    The Burlington Canal Bridges

    Several months ago I found this Ontario Historical Society page (OHS) with a referenced to an article on the Burlington Canal. So I e-mailed the OHS to see if the article could be posted on the forum. https://www.ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/index.php/recent-oh#Spring2018...
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    The Burlington Canal Bridges

    A few pictures from the Toronto Public Library; This picture would of been taken in about 1958, the Skyway is finished awaiting opening. This picture would of been taken in about 1959, the new Skyway bridge is in full operation and the lift bridge is starting construction. The base for the...
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    Hydro wires on the beach - Radial Railway

    scotto 11-09-2017, 06:32 PM From another site; "Hydroelectric power was also important during the industrial revolution at the beginning of the 1800s and provided mechanical power for textile and machine industries. Probably the most important year in hydropower history was in 1831 when the...
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    Hydro wires on the beach - Radial Railway

    scotto 11-09-2017, 06:32 PM From another site; "Hydroelectric power was also important during the industrial revolution at the beginning of the 1800s and provided mechanical power for textile and machine industries. Probably the most important year in hydropower history was in 1831 when the...
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    Hydro wires on the beach - Radial Railway

    scotto 11-07-2017, 11:03 PM Once again, the towers on the lake side go past the Beach power station in the picture and now that I take a closer look, there doesn't seem to be any wires on the towers as it look like they are under construction still. The towers on the Hamilton side haven't been...
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    Hydro wires on the beach - Radial Railway

    David O'Reilly 11-06-2017, 02:42 PM This thread indicates that when hydro electricity began being transmitted from Decew Falls (1898) the radial power house was converted to a transformer station. scotto 12-07-2009, 11:46 PM The answer to the chimney question has been found in Dorothy...
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    Hydro wires on the beach - Radial Railway

    This thread indicates that when hydro electricity began being transmitted from Decew Falls (1898) the radial power house was converted to a transformer station. scotto 12-07-2009, 11:46 PM The answer to the chimney question has been found in Dorothy Turcotte's book, the Sand Strip. Thanks to...
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    Hydro wires on the beach - Radial Railway

    HYDRO LINES ON THE BEACH - POLES AND TOWERS. I've found a page that seems to indicate that originally the hydro wires that brought electricity from Decew Falls to Hamilton, were mounted on poles rather than towers. I'm still trying to find out when the towers were built. Hamilton within the...
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    The inn that’s never out

    scotto 05-14-2014, 12:26 PM David has asked for built date for the Brant Inn, I have gone through many of the books on the subject and a clear date doesn't come up. I have attached some parts of few books on the subject, however it is difficult to separate the history writings of the Brant Hotel...
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