On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 10:18 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > At one point most if not all of our electricity came from water turbines. I > think that Niagara Falls was the first waterfall to be used to develop > hydro-electric power in this province. > > Eventually much larger hydro-electric projects were developed up north so > huge rows of high tension wires came into the southern cities from these > generation stations. > > You can see some towers in the top picture (Hydro lines II). > > In fact our electric utilities are called "hydro": Toronto Hydro, Ontario > Hydro, Hydro Quebec, etc. Around these parts the word "hydro" is a synonym > for electricity. "Just got my hydro bill." "They put up the hydro rates > again!"
I made the mistake of writing in Hydro line on filed notes for TransCanada pipelines in Saskatchewan. I was promptly told they are Sask Power lines. Dave > > I believe that we now get more of our electricity from thermal and nuclear > plants but we still get hydro out of our wall sockets. > > Btw, great pix, Dave! > > cheers, > frank > > "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- > Christopher Hitchens > > --- Original Message --- > > From: Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> > Sent: October 9, 2012 10/9/12 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Subject: Re: Geso Fall colour trip # 2 > > I like them all. Lovely fall color. What's the hydro line? > > Paul > On Oct 9, 2012, at 8:49 PM, David J Brooks <pentko...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1041743 >> >> Just a few to start with. >> >> Dave >> >> -- >> Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. >> www.caughtinmotion.com >> http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ >> York Region, Ontario, Canada >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
