Schoellkopf Power Station

Schoellkopf Power Station No. 3 Site
Schoellkopf Power Station No. 3 Site
Schoellkopf Power Station is located in New York
Schoellkopf Power Station
LocationEast Bank of Niagara River, 1,600 feet downriver from Rainbow Bridge, Niagara Falls, New York
Coordinates43°5′35.44″N 79°3′46.29″W / 43.0931778°N 79.0628583°W / 43.0931778; -79.0628583
NRHP reference No.13000029[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 20, 2013

The Schoellkopf Power Station was built on land owned by Jacob F. Schoellkopf above the Niagara Gorge near the American Falls, 1,600 feet (490 m) downriver from Rainbow Bridge. Understanding the growing need for electricity and the role of harnessing the Falls, Schoellkopf purchased the land for the hydraulic canal on May 1, 1877 for $71,000. After Schoellkopf Sr.'s death in 1903, his sons took over the operation of the power business. In 1918, Schoellkopf's Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power and Manufacturing Company merged with the Niagara Falls Power Company, which was owned by Edward Dean Adams.[2] Much of the site is, as of 2014, occupied by the Maid of the Mist tour boat company as a maintenance area and off-season boat storage yard. The power station remains form a part of a fully accessible tourist attraction associated with Niagara Falls State Park and is connected with its Niagara Gorge hiking trail system.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Weekly list of actions taken on properties: 3/18/13 through 3/22/13". National Park Service. March 29, 2013. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
  2. ^ "Schoellkopf Power Plant". Niagara Falls Info. February 3, 2017.
  3. ^ Glynn, Don (May 26, 2006). "The collapse of Schoellkopf". Niagara Gazette. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
  4. ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved July 1, 2016. Note: This includes Ellen Jenkins, Larissa Thomas, and Kathleen LaFrank (September 2012). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Schoellkopf Power Station No. 3 Site" (PDF). Retrieved July 1, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) and Accompanying photographs