1,466 Comments Posted by Autoguy

Confucius say; Man who fart in church sit in own phew.

I had to get up a similar roof to paint a copula on a chapel. It was quite interesting. I managed it. Quasimodo would have been proud of me.

No Quasimodo jokes? He swings on the bells in the "Church of the Disfiguration"? Charles Laughton roams there at night with his group of fellow-hunchback zombies!

The Travel Channel has shot this location for a show called "Off Limits". The episode is supposed to air in June of 2011. Info on this program can be seen on the TTC web site, and it is set to premier in May of 2011. The production of such a series makes me question the impact that widely publicizing these locations will have.

Thnx for the great shoot Motts! I'm sure the experience on the floor grate had made an impression on you. The hazards at that location are tremendous, as I've seen on postings from other explorers. Surviving the vertical drops under that facility is not likely, and accounts of the crumbling stairways and ladders are very sobering. Even those using professional climbing gear undergo great risk, and some have actually reached the discharge tunnels. I can imagine what went through your head after you discovered how that place built, and it's likely something you will never forget!

And all the furniture was upholstered in fine Corinthian leather. Ricardo Montalban would be proud.

All kidding aside mm and Canada, it would be great to this restored to a waterfront showcase, absolutely. This incredible kind of craftsmanship will not be seen again and should be preserved IMO. Perhaps Canada will have the funds to do that some day? We can only hope.

More than a power plant, this was obviously meant as a showcase for the new age of electrical power. Being on a famous waterway, I imagine the idea was to wow the residents with the beautiful building to enhance acceptance by the public. Interesting to see the General Electric equipment designed around the Tesla Polyphase System, (used to this day), which was something that Edison desperately tried to kill in every dastardly way possible.

I want to eat that green stuff.

Gerald Ford stumbled, banged his head on it, and rendered it inoperable.

Imagine how many Xboxes and Ipods you could run with that sucker!

Note the grate on the floor that "may" had been part of the floor above. The deeper pits at this location are full of the bones of fallen explorers that were then eaten by subterranean zombies.

I hate when I go over that on a barge!

I'm always tempted to lick those wires and terminals. Is it just me?

There's more craftsmanship in that one doorway than there is my entire house!

Amazing that is still there and not trashed! I hope it finds a good home some day.

My shot: There's a gas feed tube in the fireplace. That appears to have been extended to an unvented gas heater that is on the floor in front of the fireplace, and it looks like another gas line goes to the right along the wall to another location. The gas fired heater on the floor is fallen forward, and lies face-down.