[DOC] [TLE] The Day They Turned the Falls On: The Invention of the Universal ... [PAR] By 1895 the Niagara Falls Power Company began generating alternating current 
(AC) ... Called the "Free Niagara Movement," its goal was to restore the falls and 
... The first industrial uses had been made of the waters of Niagara Falls more 
than a ... The only industrial use of the Niagara waters remote from the falls was 
in... [DOC] [TLE] Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power and Manufacturing Company ... [PAR] Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power & Manufacturing Company was an American 
company, based in Niagara Falls, New York that was the first company to 
generate hydroelectric power from Niagara Falls in 1882. ... Industry, 
Hydroelectric Utilities .... Both the Aluminum Company of America and "Cliff 
Electrical Distributing... [DOC] [TLE] HISTORIC PRESERVATION INDUSTRIAL ... - Wake Up Niagara [PAR] Niagara Falls Historic Preservation Industrial Reconnaissance Survey. 2 ... 
Former National Carbon Company factory complex along College Avenue ... 
history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, and culture is present in .... 
Power developed from the wheels in use in this plan was transmitted by shaft, 
belting or rope to... [DOC] [TLE] Carborundum Company - Company Profile, Information, Business ... [PAR] History of Carborundum Company. ... Carborundum products have been put to 
use in virtually every industry, from steel to automotive to ... Long based in 
Niagara Falls, New York, Carborundum operates divisions in more than 30 ... and 
corundum (that is, natural aluminum oxide), Acheson called his product 
Carborundum;... [DOC] [TLE] Electricity and the Steel Industries - Tesla2Niagara [PAR] George Westinghouse is considered America's greatest industrialist and the only 
... be most famous for the massive companies that he created, but the man called 
.... The first use of Niagara Falls Power Company electricity was by the Pittsburgh 
Reduction Company (later to be renamed Aluminum Company of America),... [DOC] [TLE] EXCERPTS FROM - Duke Energy [PAR] The Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa). .... The first use of hydroelectric 
power in the United States took place at Niagara ... The Niagara Falls Hydraulic 
Power & Manufacturing Company was formed in 1872. ... The Niagara Falls plant 
was the first U.S. ... Water enters and leaves the turbines through what is called a. [DOC] [TLE] Niagara power : history of the Niagara Falls power company, 1886 ... [PAR] 28 Brick Lining (Cross-section) of The Niagara Falls Power Company Tunnel . ..... 
with comparatively no important industry then established at Niagara Falls .... 
AND WHEEL-PIT SLOT In the spring of 1890, the length of the so-called first ..... 
for use by the Pittsburgh Reduction Company (Aluminum Company of America) 
in... [DOC] [TLE] The Early History of Electric Power - HydroWorld [PAR] the hydroelectric power industry. In fact ... history of water wheel use and ... It was 
un- called a dynamo, was ready to be . ... Company, on the Fox River, and was ... 
Reconstructed model of the first hydroelectric plant in America at Appleton, 
Wisconsin. ... electric plant at Niagara Falls. .... on August 26, 1895, to the 
aluminum. [DOC] [TLE] History | IEEE Power & Energy Magazine [PAR] figure 1. Rotary converter installation for the Aluminum Company of America ... of 
its use by Westinghouse in the first hydroelectric installation at Niagara Falls in ... 
in industry because it was more suitable for slow-speed, high-horse-power .... 
Today, this structure has become the GE Building but is more popularly known as
... [DOC] [TLE] Key Dates in NYPA History - New York Power Authority [PAR] The New York Power Authority, the nation's largest state-owned electric ... to the 
Power Authority for construction of a hydroelectric project near Niagara Falls. ... in 
cooperation with Ontario Hydro, the best use of the flow of the Niagara River. ..... 
of the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa) and the Reynolds Metals Co. in... [DOC] [TLE] This Week in NYPA History - New York Power Authority [PAR] Jul 15, 2005 ... Here is a look back at key dates in NYPA history, arranged by week, which will ... 
with Ontario Hydro

Question: Aluminum Company of America, popularly called this, was the first industrial user of power from Niagara Falls
Answer: Alcoa