The Schoellkopf Power Station was a series of power generation facilities built on the American shore of the Niagara River below Niagara Falls between 1853 and 1924, and in operation in its final phas
Schoellkopf Power Station No. 3 Site
Schoellkopf mills in 1900. The incomplete station 2 was on the right next to station 1
Schoellkopf stations 3a, 3b and 3c. Station 2 is out of frame on the right. (After 1924, before 1956.)
Jacob Friedrich Schoellkopf was a pioneer in harnessing the hydroelectric power of Niagara Falls.
Schoellkopf Power Station
…Niagara Falls State Park and connected with its Niagara Gorge hiking trail system. The various Schoellkopf Power Stations were 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…
Schoellkopf, Hartford & Hanna Co. works in Buffalo, New York, formerly the Schoellkopf Aniline and Chemical Works, c. 1908
Schoellkopf's grave in Forest Lawn Cemetery