In the late 80's/early 90's concerns were being raised about global warming/climate change and one of the strategies to attempt to deal with this problem was the reduction of greenhouse gases (GHGs), especially carbon dioxide.Western governments, primarily ...

This little LEGO© Streetcar pays homage to the first streetcars installed in Edmonton in 1908 and operated by the Edmonton Radial Railway. Visitors can operate this model back & forth on a small section of track that has been installed in our museum. ...

A Generator Synchronizing procedure is used to safely connect an A.C. generator to another running generator or to the grid.  Before closing the breaker several conditions have to be met on the incoming machine: The frequency must match the running ...

The Belliss and Morcom Steam Engine represents several steam engines used in the 1903 generating station.A steam engine is an external combustion heat engine that makes use of the heat energy that exists in steam and converting it to mechanical energy.Steam ...

On display at the museum is an oil circuit breaker (OCB) from 1937. The function of a circuit breaker in a substation is fundamentally the same as the circuit breakers in your home in your electrical panel. If an overload (short circuit e.g.) occurs on ...

This is a small turbine used to drive a pump or fan in industry Steam turbines are HEAT engines   They convert the heat energy from steam into mechanical energy that rotates the shaft.   Nozzle: First converts heat into kinetic energy  by ...

This is an Interactive Display to explain how the boiler in a power plant operates. Related interactive displays Turbine Flyball Governor

Come out to the Museum and try out the Game These are photos of the screen as the display is played  

This little model illustrates how moving a magnet past a coil of wire produces electricity. This fundamental technology of converting mechanical energy into electrical energy, first demonstrated by Michael Faraday in 1832, underpins virtually every type ...

Flyball Governors are used to maintain Engines or Turbines at a "constant" speed.The faster the shaft is turned the farther the balls will swing out , due to centrifugal force.This motion is transmitted through linkage to close a valve supplying Steam ...