Adams Power Plant Transformer House - Niagara Falls NY
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member nomadwillie
N 43° 04.923 W 079° 02.555
17T E 659335 N 4771785
Adams Power Plant Transformer House in Niagara Falls, New York is a National Historic Landmarked building constructed in 1895
Waymark Code: WMT6J2
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 10/04/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
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Adams Power Plant Transformer House in Niagara Falls, New York is a National Historic Landmarked building constructed in 1895. It is the only remaining structure that was part of the historic Edward Dean Adams Power Plant, the first large-scale, alternating current electric generating plant in the world, built in 1895.

The Niagara Power Station No. 1, as it was then called, would eventually generate 50,000 horsepower (37 MW) of electricity. There were 10 generator rated 5,000 horsepower (3.7 MW) of the outside revolving field, vertical shaft type.

Source: (visit link)
Street address:
Buffalo Ave. near Portage Rd.
Niagara Falls , NY


County / Borough / Parish: Niagara

Year listed: 1975

Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event

Periods of significance: 1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Historic function: Industry/Processing/Extraction

Current function: Industry/Processing/Extraction

Privately owned?: yes

Primary Web Site: [Web Link]

Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]

Season start / Season finish: Not listed

Hours of operation: Not listed

Secondary Website 2: Not listed

National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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