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Niagara Power Project
Power Vista
Imagine being able to reach out your hand and touch the power
emanating from Niagara Falls. A visit to the visitors center at our
Niagara Power Project can almost achieve that goal.
The Power Vista, as it is known, is located 4½ miles downstream from the Falls,
set amidst
the spectacular scenery of the Niagara River Gorge.
It features more than 50 interactive exhibits that invite visitors of all
ages to have a completely hands-on experience as they learn about hydroelectricity and the
historic role it has played in the Niagara Frontier.
We Make Learning Fun
Among the high-tech additions is a comprehensive Electric Lab, explaining the basics of
electricity with an operating model of a hydropower turbine. Taking a more nostalgic
approach, a realistic replica of a Victorian house combines local period
architecture with contemporary information on energy efficiency and electrical safety. Are
you a fan of e-mail? Then send your friends and family an electronic postcard over the
Internet, using our computers to place your image in one of four Niagara project
backdrops.
And theres more! A dramatic audio-visual display highlights Power Authority
customers, including those Western New York firms that rely on Niagaras economical
hydroelectricity. One of the Power Vistas original features, a large terrain map
demonstrating how Niagara River water is diverted to generate electricity, has been
updated with fiber optics. This birds-eye view of the region is always popular with local
residents and out-of-town tourists as they try to spot area landmarks. Once youve
studied our simulated scenery, experience the real thing firsthand by simply stepping
outside onto our Observation Deck.
Art lovers will appreciate our recent restoration of the seven-foot-high mural by
American painter Thomas Hart Benton that depicts Father Louis Hennepin and a group of
Native Americans viewing Niagara Falls during the priests 17th century
expedition in the New World. The mural was commissioned by the Power Authority when the
Niagara project was built.
For more information or details on special programs, call us at
716-286-6661 or toll-free at 1-866-NYPA-FUN (697-2386). And while you're in the area, stop
by and enjoy Niagara Falls State Park,
America's oldest state park, and the many other Niagara region attractions. |
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Contents:
News:
January 6, 2009
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New York Power Authority Visitors Center Closes For Electrical
Repairs
December 8,
2008 - Free Family Fun At the Power Authority's Deck The Halls
Holiday Event & Power Vista Holiday Schedule
October 30,
2008 - NY Power Authority Creates New Habitat to Protect Fish in
Niagara River
October 24,
2008 - Niagara Falls Receives Electric Vehicles Through N.Y. Power
Authority's Green Zones Program
September 9, 2008 - Wildlife Festival Returns
to the Niagara Power Project's Power Vista With New Attractions, Sept.
27 and 28 (includes photo and caption)
August 13, 2008 - NYPA Announces Winners of
Scholarships for Tuscarora Nation Funded Through Relicensing of
Niagara Project (Includes Photo and caption)
March 24, 2008 - NYPA Marking 50th
Anniversary of Niagara Construction Start (includes photos and
captions)
February 14, 2008 - Computers From Power
Authority Aid Packard Court School Programs
January 18, 2008 - First Greenway Dollars Awarded:
State Parks Standing Committee
funds restoration projects (Joint press release with NYS Office of Parks,
Recreation and Historic Preservation-Western District Niagara Falls, NY)
January 17, 2008 - Niagara Power
Project Visitors Center Adds High-Tech Teaching Tools (includes
photo and caption)
Read
Western New York Update,
our community newsletter covering NYPA activities in the region near our
plant.
Niagara Power Vista brochure -
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Be Smart, Be Safe at the Niagara Power Project - brochure -
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