395 Comments for Toronto Power Company Generating Station

"The Electrical Development Company of Ontario Limited"

Please make this Wallpaper Thanks Motts.

I think those are what made men, MEN. :)

Just beautiful !

In this universe the power plant sits still. However, in an alternate reality, it provides power for the massive space-time folding generators which allow for travel to all the known civilized worlds.

Probably a speed control system. Mechanical PID control. Lovely!

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?