page_title: Schoellkopf Power Station
section_title: Station No. 3
hierarchical_section_title: Schoellkopf Power Station / Station No. 3
caption_attribution_description: English: Schoellkopf Stations 3, 3-B and 3-C
context_page_description: The Schoellkopf Power Station was built on land owned by Jacob F. Schoellkopf above the Niagara Gorge near the American Falls, 1,600 feet downriver from Rainbow Bridge. Understanding the growing need for electricity and the role of harnessing the Falls, Schoellkopf purchased the land for the hydraulic canal on May 1, 1877 for $71,000. After Schoellkopf Sr.'s death in 1903, his sons took over the operation of the power business. In 1918, Schoellkopf's Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power and Manufacturing Company merged with the Niagara Falls Power Company, which was owned by Edward Dean Adams. The Plant was considered by some to be the greatest hydroelectric plant at the time. Much of the site is, as of 2014, occupied by the Maid of the Mist tour boat company as a maintenance area and off-season boat storage yard. The power station remains form a part of a fully accessible tourist attraction associated with Niagara Falls State Park and is connected with its Niagara Gorge hiking trail system.
context_section_description: Station No. 3a was completed by 1914 and housed 13 10,000-hp turbines. Station No. 3b
  began construction in 1918 and contained three generators totaling 112,500 hp. Station No. 3c
  was completed by 1924 with a capacity of 210,000 hp. As the old hydraulic canal was already operating at capacity a new tunnel was constructed to supply the new station.
caption: Schoellkopf Station No. 3a, 3b and 3c outside of the picture on the right is Station No. 2.
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