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Category: power plants
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Edmonton Power Sign

EP sign



This was the EDMONTON POWER Sign on the west side of the Rossdale Power PlantThe sign was removed in 1997 when the name was changed to EpcorIt is now proudly mounted above the door at the Edmonton Power Historical Foundation building

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Foundation Spring Support

Turbine Generator



Clover Bar Generating Station 1969 was the first Power Plant in North America to install a spring supported concrete "Table" foundation.The pedestal constructed of concrete posts and beams supported this table. Between the pedesal and table were 126 specially ...

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City of Edmonton Crest

Installed 1966



This crest was installed on the west wall of the Rossdale Generating Station in 1966.Upon completion of the last unit, # 10 the station was rated at 405MW.It remained there until 1997 when the name was changed from Edmonton Power to EPCOR.

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Clover Bar Generating Station Model

1969



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 ...

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Rossdale Office Furniture

1930



This furniture was used in the Rossdale General Office around 1931. It is made of mahogany .    This is the table and chairs from the 1931 Office building

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Steam Drum Suspension



The steam boilers used in power plants can weigh several hundred tonnes. When a flame is inserted into the boiler furnace, the temperature of the boiler increases by several hundred degrees, thereby increasing the size of the boiler by as much as 3 inches ...

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Date stone

Circa 1908



This date stone is the only surviving remnant of the 1908 addition to the original Rossdale Power Plant. The building was demolished in 1931 to make way for a more modern structure. In the upper right corner of the picture below, dated July 2, 1941, you ...

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Babcock-Wilcox & Goldie McCulloch Boiler Nameplate

Circa 1952 Cast Aluminum plate from No. 6 boiler



From 1932 until 1965, ten Babcock and Wilcox Sterling type boilers were installed in RossdaleThese boilers supplied steam to drive the turbinesThe early boilers were coal fired from 1932 until 1950, and were converted to natural gas in 1951The later ...

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Babcock Boiler Nameplate

circa 1960s



This Cast Aluminum nameplate was taken from the No. 8 Babcock and Wilcox Boiler at the Rossdale Power Plant.Ten Babcock and Wilcox Sterling type boilers were installed at Rossdale Power Plant between 1932 and 1966.These boilers supplied the steam required ...

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Edmonton Power Historical Foundation

Location: 

We are located on the grounds of the Leduc West Antique Museum. Travel 5 km west of Leduc on Highway 39. Go north on Range Road 260 (Cohne Dale Road) for about 800 metres and the museum will be on your right. If you're coming from the west, Cohne Dale Road is 5km east of Highway 60.

Hours of operation 2026

On September 19, after a very succesful Lesco Truck Show, we closed our doors and shuttered our windows, as the 2026 season ended and winter began it's inexorable approach. The Edmonton Power Historical Foundation Museum may be closed, but the the Leduc Country Lights will be coming to the Leduc West Antique Society park. For the entire month of December the park will be lit with thousands of festive lights creating a magical winter wonderland that is an absolute joy to behold! Bring the whole family and wander in wonder at this amazing display.

Our 2027 dates will be published here as soon as they are annonced. We hope to see you in the spring!

 

 

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