FIRST – Municipality to harness water for electricity in Canada - Bracebridge
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N 45° 05.325 W 079° 18.159
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This plaque recognizes Bracebridge as the first municipality in Canada to use water power to generate electricity.
Waymark Code: WMQF6
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 09/15/2006
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On October 5, 1894, the Bracebridge Village Council purchased a water power generating plant to supply electricity to the community and in so doing made Bracebridge the pioneer in municipal hydro-electric generation in Canada. The generator was 84 KW and was housed in a building which still stands at Bird’s Bridge. This plaque is at High Falls where an 800 kW plant was built in 1947 and, most recently, a 1500 watt generator was officially opened on September 6th, 2006
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