Industrial Niagara 



since been increased and its plans have been somewhat changed. 1903 

 A large temporary coffer dam of timber and puddle has 

 been constructed in the upper river near the Dufferin Islands, 

 thus cutting off the flow of water around these islands for 

 the first time in history. While this coffer dam is in place a 

 permanent stone wing dam will be constructed with its top below 

 the surface of the water. The bottom of the river will be 

 dredged and there will be built an entrance forebay with 

 regulating devices from which an underground pipe 18 feet in 

 diameter will be laid to a point just north of the Table Rock 

 House. Provision will be made for three pipes, one of which will 

 supply the first installation. Upon the completion of the head 

 works it is the intention of the Co. to remove the coffer dam 

 and to restore the natural features at the Dufferin Islands to prac- 

 tically their original condition. None of the works of the Ontario 

 Co. will appear above the surface of the ground in the Park 

 proper. . . . Plans still continue for the utilization of power 

 from water to be brought from the Welland River, but these 

 plans will probably not be carried out until the first project is 

 completed. Considerable work has already been done in blast- 

 ing away the rock for the power house and preparations are com- 

 pleted for active work at the entrance. 



A third company has recently entered the field of power 

 development on the Canadian side. This Company, composed 

 of Toronto capitalists and known as the Toronto and Niagara 

 Falls Power Co., have obtained rights for the development of 

 125,000 H. P. Their plans are not yet worked out in detail 

 but they include in general a power house on the upper river 

 shore supplied with water from a forebay created by building 

 a wing dam into the upper rapids. The wheels will be situated 

 in a wheelpit and water will be discharged by a tunnel at a point 

 beneath the horse shoe falls. 



Power development at Niagara Falls, present and proposed, 



may be summarized as follows : 



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