Pinewood Toronto Studios
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Pinewood Toronto Studios is a major film and television studio complex in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and is the largest of its kind in Canada. It is the first in Toronto capable of accommodating the pro
Exterior view, Commissioners Street
The Mega Stage under construction in 2008
Hearn Generating Station
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The Richard L. Hearn Generating Station is a decommissioned electrical generating station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The plant was originally fired by coal, but later converted to burn natural gas.
Pinewood Toronto Studios
…Group. In March 2018, it was announced that Bell Media would be buying a controlling stake in the studio. It is located across the shipping channel from Hearn Generating Station along Commissioners Street. The project covers 4.5 hectares (11 acres) of land in the Port Lands area of Toronto, a former industrial area, that is…
The station's current appearance
Hearn Generating Station operating circa 1960-70s prior to the construction of the superstack
Turbine hall of Hearn Generating Station, circa 1983
Turbomachinery removed from the station and left to rust in 2007. On the left is a turbine casing (high-pressure and intermediate-pressure?), a section of turbine (double-flow low-pressure) behind it in the middle, and to the right is a rotor (a.k.a. field) from one of the generators. Some indication of the power generated by the turbines can be seen in the size of the power shaft.