Front:
LONG SAULT DAM
INTERNATIONAL SEAWAY
POWERHOUSE
BOUNDARY
CORNWALL
Back:
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ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY and POWER PROJECT SK9302
Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
This model shows the huge 2,200,000-horsepower >
St. Lawrence Power Project, and a section of the
international Seaway in the Power Project area,
as they will appear when completed. In the centre
is the powerhouse being built jointly by Ontario
Hydro and the Power Authority of the State of
New York. Bisecting the international boundary
line, it will span the St. Lawrence River between
the Canadian mainland, just west of Cornwall,
Ontario, and the eastern end of Barnhart Island.
Extending out from either side of the powerhouse
are the dykes which will contain the headpond
or water storage area. The Long Sault dam (upper
centre) will combine with the power plant itself to
obiain and control this headpond in the amount
required to operate the generators. To the left is
a model section of the Seaway showing proposed
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locks.
"Shini Color":
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Photo Courtesy of Ontario Hydro
