North Bay Early Days #8
ELLIOTT CHUTE
Elliott Chute Generating Station, third and final Ontario Hydro power station on the South River, began to operate in 1929. It was remotely controlled by operators at Bingham Chute, located two miles downstream.
This station contains just one generator, which is of a more advanced design than those in the older South River hydro stations, and has the respectable capacity of 1400 kilowatts.
NIPISSING SYSTEM TODAY
The old Nipissing System seems very small by today's standards. Other hydro-electric stations produce power measured in megawatts, not kilowatts. In fact, the water power, once known as "white coal", now produces less than half the electricity in Ontario.
These small stations were the very life-blood of the Nipissing district power system. Operating staff manned the buildings night and day, as the generating stations supplied all the power required by Callander, Nipissing, North Bay, Powassan and surrounding area.
Elliott Chute Generating Station, third and final Ontario Hydro power station on the South River, began to operate in 1929. It was remotely controlled by operators at Bingham Chute, located two miles downstream.
This station contains just one generator, which is of a more advanced design than those in the older South River hydro stations, and has the respectable capacity of 1400 kilowatts.
NIPISSING SYSTEM TODAY
The old Nipissing System seems very small by today's standards. Other hydro-electric stations produce power measured in megawatts, not kilowatts. In fact, the water power, once known as "white coal", now produces less than half the electricity in Ontario.
These small stations were the very life-blood of the Nipissing district power system. Operating staff manned the buildings night and day, as the generating stations supplied all the power required by Callander, Nipissing, North Bay, Powassan and surrounding area.
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