Hydro in 1948 by The Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario - 1948

Power Authority of the State of New York / The Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, 1955. Booklet. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 24pp. Illustrated w bw photographs and technical drawings. Cartographic illustrated wrap is clean and without wear. Stapled binding sound. Reduced shipping may apply.

Power Authority of the State of New York / The Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, 1955. Booklet. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 24pp. Illustrated w bw photographs and technical drawings. Cartographic illustrated wrap is clean and without wear. Stapled binding sound. Reduced shipping may apply.

Toronto: The Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, nd. ca. 1944. Staplebound. Very good. 32 p. 22 x 28 cm. Over 100 b&w photos and charts. 2 folding maps in rear pocket. Very nice colour fold-out natural resources map at centre. Illustrated softcover. A little warping to covers. Photos of hydro offices, plants, municipal stations, typical small-town and city industries. Explains how hydro provides low-cost industrial and commercial power and low-cost electricity for the home and farm. Small section on hydro and the war. Promotes Ontario as a market centre, place to live, place to play, with great future.

Toronto, 1908. Soft cover. Good. 102 p. 26 cm. Numerous tables, including one fold-out. Grey card covers with numerous chips to edges and spine. Date "1908" written in ink on front cover. A few tiny chips to bottom corners of first pages but otherwise text block clean and well-preserved. Title continues: "The cost of power production through the agency of producer gas plants and other prime movers under the conditions obtaining in the Province of Ontario." Hon. Adam Beck is Chairman of the Commission. Topics include: considerations affecting the cost of power; producer gas plants; comparison with steam engine; insurance regulations; regulations under the British Factory Act; estimates of the cost of suction gas plants; steam plants; use of exhaust steam for heating; alcohol engines; insurance regulations re kerosene oil engines; fuel supply; wood for fuel; absence of local sources of coal supply in Ontario; water power in Ontario; hydro-electric power. Appendices.