DeCew Falls Generating Stations

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DeCew Falls Generating Stations are a pair of historic hydroelectric power plants near St. Catharines, Ontario, that harness water from the Welland Canal to produce electricity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf electric power station
hydroelectric power plant complex
hydroelectric power station
industrial heritage site
constructionMaterial concrete
steel
continent North America
country Canada
countryServed Canada NERFINISHED
energyConversion hydraulic energy to electrical energy
energySourceType renewable energy
fuelType water
gridConnection Ontario electricity grid NERFINISHED
hasFunction electricity generation
hasInfrastructureType penstock
powerhouse
switchyard
hasPart DeCew Falls Generating Station I NERFINISHED
DeCew Falls Generating Station II NERFINISHED
hasTurbineType water turbine
heritageStatus historic hydroelectric facility
industry electric power industry
isHistoricSiteInOntario true
isHydroelectricPlantOnArtificialWaterway true
isStillInOperation true
locatedIn Niagara Region NERFINISHED
Ontario
St. Catharines NERFINISHED
locatedInBasin Great Lakes Basin NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locatedInWatershed Niagara Peninsula watershed
locatedNear DeCew Falls NERFINISHED
Lake Moodie NERFINISHED
Welland Canal NERFINISHED
locatedOnWatercourse Twelve Mile Creek NERFINISHED
nearCity St. Catharines NERFINISHED
operator Ontario Power Generation NERFINISHED
ownedBy Ontario Power Generation NERFINISHED
partOf Ontario power system
powerPlantType run-of-river hydroelectric plant
primaryEnergySource hydropower
regionServed Ontario
usesCanalWaterForGeneration true
usesWaterFrom Welland Canal NERFINISHED
waterSource Welland Canal NERFINISHED

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Twelve Mile Creek hasStructure DeCew Falls Generating Stations
this entity surface form: DeCew Falls Generating Station
Twelve Mile Creek hasStructure DeCew Falls Generating Stations
this entity surface form: DeCew Falls Generating Station I
Twelve Mile Creek hasStructure DeCew Falls Generating Stations
this entity surface form: DeCew Falls Generating Station II
Ontario Power Generation operatesFacility DeCew Falls Generating Stations