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Niagara power / written and produced by La Monte Westmoreland ; producer, Bruce Nash ; produced by Actuality Productions Inc., Hearst Entertainment Television ; a presentation of the History Channel.
LIBRA DVD 025 400
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hydroelectric power plants--Niagara River (N.Y. and Ont.)--History.
- Hydroelectric power plants.
- Electric power production--Niagara River (N.Y. and Ont.)--History.
- Electric power production.
- History.
- Niagara River (N.Y. and Ont.)--Power utilization--History.
- Niagara River (N.Y. and Ont.).
- Water-power.
- North America--Niagara River.
- Genre:
- History.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 50 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] : A&E Television Networks ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. by New Video, [2002]
- System Details:
- DVD.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Chronicles the history of the Niagara power plant from the "war of the currents" between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla to the opening of the ultra-modern Robert Moses Plant. Uses archival footage and photos to show the construction of the original plant and examines the feud between the two great inventors that determined the future of commercial power generation in America. Tours the generating station to see exactly how the river's power is transformed into electricity, and gives an up-close look at the technologies that allowed this historic site to regain its leadership position in the industry.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Harlan Saperstein.
- Credits:
- Editor, Craig Serling.
- Notes:
- Originally broadcast in 1999 as an episode of the History Channel television program Modern marvels.
- ISBN:
- 0767070909
- 9780767070904
- OCLC:
- 56955275
- Publisher Number:
- 733961723571
- AAE-72357 A&E Television Networks
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