We're so excited to have acquired a working model of a Corliss Steam Engine! This little jewel was created from a set of drawings & rough castings received from Cole's Power Models in 2009, and was finally presented to our museum in May 2024 after ...

In the late 19th and early 20th century, demand for electricity in Edmonton was growing exponentially, and the Edmonton Electric Lighting & Power Company found itself scrambling to keep up with demand. By 1914, plans were already being drawn up to ...

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. ...

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 ...

Showing; Boiler house, Turbine hall and Electrical Switching stationModel was built by the NAIT Architectural Technology Students

This is a model of the first 165 MW turbine-generator installed at the Clover Bar Generating Station. Units 1 & 2, both 165 MW generators supplied by Escher Wyss of Switzerland and running on gas-fired steam, were built between 1967 and 1969. In 2007 ...