La Cité de l'Énergie

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La Cite de l'Energie is a theme park based on local industrial history and located in Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada.

Contents 1 Facilities 2 Management 3 Impact on local tourism 4 Footnotes 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Facilities

It a features:

• A Science centre, which includes a 115 metre (377 ft) high observation tower and features a multimedia show as well as a permanent interactive exhibit. The lattice tower consists of a dismantled pylon used for a power line crossing of Saint Lawrence River between Grondines and Lotbinière. [1]

• 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 establihed 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 horzontal turbines and three generators activated by vertical turbines. ^[1]

[edit] Management

La Cité de l'Énergie is administered by a non-profit organization, whose funders are Abitibi-Consolidated, Alcan, Hydro-Québec and the City of Shawinigan.

Robert Trudel has been the general manager and the main spokesperson for La Cité de l'Énergie, since its foundation. ^{[2] [3]}

[edit] Impact on local tourism

Since it opened in 1997, La Cité de l'Énergie attracted hundreds of thousands of paying visitors.

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] See also

• Hydro-Québec
• Lise Landry
• List of hydroelectric stations in Quebec
• Mauricie
• Robert Trudel
• Roland Désaulniers
• Shawinigan, Quebec
• Shawinigan, Water & Power Company

[edit] External links

• Cité de l'Énergie