North Bay Early Days #6
NIPISSING
Nipissing Generating Station is located two miles east of the village for which it is named, and about 16 miles south of North Bay.
Originally owned by the Nipissing Power Co., this plant has a view-dominating surge tank for relieving water pressure on the single steel penstock (main water pipe) which feeds the turbines of two generating units. The intake, served by a canal, is quite a distance from the powerhouse, so water is directed through a wooden stave pipeline connecting with the steel penstock. The station can produce 2,100 kilowatts.
Ontario Hydro, which was established in 1906, purchased both the Nipissing Power Co. and the North Bay Light, Heat and Power Co. The year was 1916 when the two local companies once fierce rivals , sold their combined property and equipment to the publicly-owned utility.
Nipissing Generating Station is located two miles east of the village for which it is named, and about 16 miles south of North Bay.
Originally owned by the Nipissing Power Co., this plant has a view-dominating surge tank for relieving water pressure on the single steel penstock (main water pipe) which feeds the turbines of two generating units. The intake, served by a canal, is quite a distance from the powerhouse, so water is directed through a wooden stave pipeline connecting with the steel penstock. The station can produce 2,100 kilowatts.
Ontario Hydro, which was established in 1906, purchased both the Nipissing Power Co. and the North Bay Light, Heat and Power Co. The year was 1916 when the two local companies once fierce rivals , sold their combined property and equipment to the publicly-owned utility.
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