Item CORA-RPL-B-91 - Installation of the first generator and engine at the Broad Street Power Plant

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Installation of the first generator and engine at the Broad Street Power Plant

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CORA-RPL-B-91

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  • ca. 1905 (Creation)

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1 photograph: b&w print mounted on cardboard; 23 cm x 28 cm

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The installation of the first generator and engine at the Broad Street Power Plant. The four men in fur coats to the left are Mayor HW Laird, Alderman James Balfour, Alderman Peter Cooper, and Alderman Peter McAra. To the right of the generator stator is Mr. J.A. Johnson (with white collar), first Superintendent of Regina Light & Power Department. Man with head and shoulders only showing above the generator is HB Russell, chief engineer. James McKechnie, city wiring inspector, is to Johnson's left. Man in fur coat to the right of Johnson is Hugh Ryan, Line Foreman. All others are unidentified.

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Photographer: Unknown

Copyright holder: Public Domain

Other terms: The researcher assumes responsibility regarding questions of copyright that may arise in the use of any images.

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Written on the bottom of the photograph: "Installation of the first generator and engine at the Broad St. Power Plant, 1905. The unit was of 400 kilowatt capacity. At the left are Mayor H.W. Laird and Aldermen James Balfour, Peter Cooper and Peter McAra. At the right of the generator [starter] is J.A. Johnston, the first Supt. of the City of Regina light and power department. The plant went into operation on March 20, 1905."

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