

1938
Toronto tie-line tower, the Royal York behind.
The company
The Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario supplied electricity through co-operative municipal systems, rural power districts, and Northern Ontario Properties held in trusteeship for the Province.
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That year
On 26 January 1938 an ice jam on the Niagara River flooded the Ontario Power plant with water and ice and put it completely out of commission.
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