page_title: La Cité de l'Énergie
section_title: Facilities
hierarchical_section_title: La Cité de l'Énergie / Facilities
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Centrale Shawinigan-2, à Shawinigan, Québec (Canada)
context_page_description: La Cite de l'Énergie is a theme park based on local industrial history and located in Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada.
context_section_description: A science centre, which includes a 115 m (377 ft) high observation tower and features a multimedia show as well as a permanent interactive exhibit. The lattice tower consists of a dismantled electricity pylon used for a temporary power line crossing of Saint Lawrence River between Grondines and Lotbinière, during the construction of the tunnel used to ultimately carry the Quebec - New England Transmission line. 
  A Historical sector, which consists of two power plants, Northern Aluminum Company (NAC) and Shawinigan 2, and the ruins of a third one (Alcan 16), as well as an electricity distribution station and an aluminium smelter.
  The NAC plant (built circa 1906) was privately owned by Alcan and used for its fabrication of aluminium. It had become obsolete by the early 1950s and is now out of production. It is open to visitors.
  Shawinigan 2 was established in 1911 and enlarged in 1928 by the Shawinigan Water & Power Company and has been operated by Hydro-Québec since 1963. The structure was erected in the Renaissance and Art Deco architectural styles. The machinery consists of five generators activated by horizontal turbines and three generators activated by vertical turbines.
caption: Shawinigan-2 hydroelectric station
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