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Lakeview Generating Station
The Lakeview Generating Station was an Ontario Power Generation coal-burning station located in Lakeview, a community just east of Port Credit, in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The former station, constructed in 1958–1962, was located just east of Lakeshore Road and Cawthra Road. The four stacks of the station were known as the Four Sisters; the eight boilers of the generating plant all 'twinned' their emissions into common stacks. (Similar technology had been used in several of the four funnel liners that historically plied the North Atlantic.) The station was a landmark for years and was shut down in April, 2005, after 43 years of service. The four stacks, which could be seen from as far away as Burlington to the west and downtown Toronto to the east, were demolished on June 12, 2006. The rest of the building was demolished on June 28, 2007. History During the first half of the 20th century, most electricity produced in Ontario came from hydroelectric stations. But by the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mississauga, Ontario
Mississauga ( ), historically known as Toronto Township, is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is situated on the shores of Lake Ontario in the Regional Municipality of Peel, adjoining the western border of Toronto. With a population of 717,961 as of 2021, Mississauga is the seventh-most populous municipality in Canada, third-most in Ontario, and second-most in the Greater Toronto Area after Toronto itself. However, for the first time in its history, the city's population declined according to the 2021 census, from a 2016 population of 721,599 to 717,961, a 0.5 percent decrease. The growth of Mississauga was attributed to its proximity to Toronto. During the latter half of the 20th century, the city attracted a multicultural population and built up a thriving central business district. Malton, a neighbourhood of the city located in its northeast end, is home to Toronto Pearson International Airport, Canada's busiest airport, as well as the headquarters of ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Combustion Engineering
Combustion Engineering (C-E) was a multi-national American-based engineering firm that developed nuclear steam supply power systems in the United States. Originally headquartered in New York City, C-E moved its corporate offices to Stamford, Connecticut in 1973. C-E owned over three dozen other companies including Lummus Company, National Tank Company and the Morgan Door Company. The company was acquired by Asea Brown Boveri in early 1990. The boiler and fossil fuel businesses were purchased by Alstom in 2000, and the nuclear business was purchased by Westinghouse Electric Company also in 2000. History Founding Combustion Engineering was organized in 1912 through the merger of the Grieve Grate Company and the American Stoker Company, two well-known manufacturers of fuel burning equipment. The company was originally headquartered on 11 Broadway and at 43 ''-'' 5 ''-'' 7 Broad Street (Manhattan), both in Lower Manhattan. The city block was leased from the Alliance Realty Compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Tallest Structures In Canada
This is a list of the tallest one hundred structures in Canada, measured from the base to the tallest point. Which may be the roof top, antenna, spire, mast or as in the case with smokestacks and bridges, the highest structural point. This list includes buildings, towers, transmission towers, chimneys, bridges and oil platforms. There is a separate list for guyed masts since their heights are not fully verifiable and may be inaccurate by several metres; ''i.e.'' - several are measured to the height of the tallest transmitter on the mast, but this is not necessarily the tallest point of the tower. The pinnacle height and roof height numbers are sourced from Skyscraperpage and/or the CTBUH. Where there is a conflict in the figures both heights are listed. Tallest 100 structures in Canada (not including guyed masts) Timeline of the tallest structures in Canada Timeline of the tallest freestanding structures in Canada: Timeline of the tallest structures overall in Canada: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Tallest Smokestacks In Canada
This is a list of the tallest one hundred structures in Canada, measured from the base to the tallest point. Which may be the roof top, antenna, spire, mast or as in the case with smokestacks and bridges, the highest structural point. This list includes buildings, towers, transmission towers, chimneys, bridges and oil platforms. There is a separate list for guyed masts since their heights are not fully verifiable and may be inaccurate by several metres; ''i.e.'' - several are measured to the height of the tallest transmitter on the mast, but this is not necessarily the tallest point of the tower. The pinnacle height and roof height numbers are sourced from Skyscraperpage and/or the CTBUH. Where there is a conflict in the figures both heights are listed. Tallest 100 structures in Canada (not including guyed masts) Timeline of the tallest structures in Canada Timeline of the tallest freestanding structures in Canada: Timeline of the tallest structures overall in Canada: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Power Stations In Canada
Canada is home to a wide variety of power stations (or generating stations). The lists below outline power stations of significance by type, or by the province/territory in which they reside. By type The following pages lists the power stations in Canada by type: * List of largest power stations in Canada ;Non-renewable energy * Coal in Canada § List of coal-fired power stations * List of natural gas-fired power stations in Canada * Nuclear power in Canada § Power reactors ;Renewable energy * Geothermal power in Canada § Recent developments * List of hydroelectric power stations in Canada * List of photovoltaic power stations in Canada * List of wind farms in Canada By province or territory The following pages lists the power stations in Canada by province or territory: * List of generating stations in Alberta * List of generating stations in British Columbia * List of generating stations in Manitoba * List of generating stations in New Brunswick * List of generating stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darlington Nuclear Generating Station
Darlington Nuclear Generating Station is a Canadian nuclear power station located on the north shore of Lake Ontario in Clarington, Ontario. It is a large nuclear facility comprising four CANDU nuclear reactors with a total output of 3,512 MWe (capacity net) when all units are online. It is Canada's second-largest nuclear power plant and provides about 20 percent of Ontario's electricity needs, enough to serve a city of two million people. It is named for the Township of Darlington (now part of Clarington), the name of the municipality in which it is located at the time of its planning. Construction and operation The facility was constructed in stages between 1981 and 1993 by the provincial Crown corporation, Ontario Hydro. Unit 2 was brought online in 1990, Unit 1 in 1992, and Units 3 and 4 in 1993. In April 1999 Ontario Hydro was split into 5 component Crown corporations with Ontario Power Generation (OPG) taking over all electrical generating stations. The Darli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pickering, Ontario
Pickering (2021 population 99,186) is a city located in Southern Ontario, Canada, immediately east of Toronto in Durham Region. Beginning in the 1770s, the area was settled by primarily ethnic British colonists. An increase in population occurred after the American Revolutionary War, when the Crown resettled Loyalists and encouraged new immigration. Many of the smaller rural communities have been preserved and function as provincially significant historic sites and museums. The city also includes the development of Durham Live, a multi-billion-dollar casino complex. History Early period The present-day Pickering was Aboriginal territory for thousands of years. The Wyandot (called the Huron by Europeans), who spoke an Iroquoian language, were the historical people living here in the 15th century. Archeological remains of a large village have been found here, known as the Draper Site. Later, the Wyandot moved northwest to Georgian Bay, where they established their historic homela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pickering Nuclear Generating Station
Pickering Nuclear Generating Station is a Canadian nuclear power station located on the north shore of Lake Ontario in Pickering, Ontario. It is one of the oldest nuclear power stations in the world and Canada's third-largest, consisting of eight CANDU reactors. Since 2003, two of these units have been defueled and the remaining six produce about 16% of Ontario's power and employ 3,000 workers. Located at the Pickering station until October 2019 was a single 1.8 MWe wind turbine named the OPG 7 commemorative turbine. The turbine was dismantled in stages during October 2019 Reactor codification The reactors can be classified as follows: PICKERING A * PICKERING A 1 * PICKERING A 2 (Safe Shutdown state, defuelled) * PICKERING A 3 (Safe Shutdown state, defuelled) * PICKERING A 4 PICKERING B * PICKERING B 5 * PICKERING B 6 * PICKERING B 7 * PICKERING B 8 Construction The site was once Squires Beach located west of Duffins Creek. The facility was constructed in stages betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portlands Energy Centre
The Portlands Energy Centre is a 550-megawatt natural gas electrical generating station in Toronto, Ontario. It is located in the Port Lands area of the Toronto waterfront at 470 Unwin Avenue, adjacent to the site of the decommissioned Hearn Generating Station. Ownership The Portlands Energy Centre was originally owned and operated as a 50/50 joint partnership between Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and TransCanada Corporation (now TC Energy). OPG acquired full ownership of the facility in 2020, and it is currently operated by OPG's subsidiary Atura Power. Technical specifications of the plant The technical specifications of the plant in the original submission of the environmental review report (a less rigorous form of a full environmental assessment) to the Ministry of the Environment in November 2003 have been significantly altered. This was due to the government instructing Ontario Power Generation to stop participating in projects which use more environmentally acceptable ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater Toronto Area
The Greater Toronto Area, commonly referred to as the GTA, includes the City of Toronto and the regional municipalities of Durham, Halton, Peel, and York. In total, the region contains 25 urban, suburban, and rural municipalities. The Greater Toronto Area begins in Burlington in Halton Region, and extends along Lake Ontario past downtown Toronto eastward to Clarington in Durham Region. According to the 2021 census, the Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) of Toronto has a total population of 6,202,225. However, the Greater Toronto Area, which is an economic area defined by the Government of Ontario, includes communities which are not included in the CMA as defined by Statistics Canada. Extrapolating the data for all 25 communities in the Greater Toronto Area from the 2021 Census, the total population for the economic region included 6,712,341 people. The Greater Toronto Area is a part of several larger areas in Southern Ontario. The area is also combined with the city of Hamilton to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demolition Of The "Four Sisters" Towers At Lakeview Generating Station (June 12 2006)
Demolition (also known as razing, cartage, and wrecking) is the science and engineering in safely and efficiently tearing down of buildings and other artificial structures. Demolition contrasts with deconstruction, which involves taking a building apart while carefully preserving valuable elements for reuse purposes. For small buildings, such as houses, that are only two or three stories high, demolition is a rather simple process. The building is pulled down either manually or mechanically using large hydraulic equipment: elevated work platforms, cranes, excavators or bulldozers. Larger buildings may require the use of a wrecking ball, a heavy weight on a cable that is swung by a crane into the side of the buildings. Wrecking balls are especially effective against masonry, but are less easily controlled and often less efficient than other methods. Newer methods may use rotational hydraulic shears and silenced rock-breakers attached to excavators to cut or break through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
