La Cité de l'Énergie

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

La Cité de l'Énergie
Observation tower at La Cité de l'Énergie
Established1997
LocationShawinigan, Quebec, Canada
Typetheme park
Websitehttp://www.citedelenergie.com/

Facilities
Shawinigan-2 hydroelectric station

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 established 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 horizontal turbines and three generators activated by vertical turbines.[1]

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]

Impact on local tourism

Since it opened in 1997, La Cité de l'Énergie attracted hundreds of thousands of paying visitors. The park is generally open to the public each year from June to September; and to groups during other times of the year.

Footnotes
  1. Centrale de Shawinigan - 2 Archived 2007-06-21 at the Wayback Machine, La Cité de l'Énergie
  2. Carsten Höller à Shawinigan: laissez-vous surprendre, Andrée-Anne Trudel, L'Hebdo Mékinac des Chenaux, June 1, 2007
  3. Le baiser de l'année!, Karine Gélinas, Voir, June 1, 2007
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