Former N.A.C. Power House
Former N.A.C. Power House is a museum in Shawinigan, Mauricie, Quebec which is located on Promenade René-Lévesque. Former N.A.C. Power House is situated nearby to the ruins Former Shawinigan-1 Generating Station, as well as near Former Alcan-16 Power House.Photo: Wikimedia, No restrictions.
- Type: Museum
- Description: former hydroelectric power house in Shawinigan (Québec, Canada)
- Also known as: “AL-1”, “AL-1 Building”, “Alcan-1 Power House”, “Ancienne centrale de la N.A.C.”, “N.A.C. Power House”, “Northern Aluminum Company Power House”, and “Pittsburg Reduction Company Plant”
- Address: 2152 Promenade René-Lévesque, Shawinigan, G9N 6V1
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Former Shawinigan-1 Generating Station and Former Alcan-16 Power House.
Former Shawinigan-1 Generating Station
Ruins
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Former Shawinigan-1 Generating Station is a ruins.
Former Alcan-16 Power House
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Former Alcan-16 Power House is a ruins.
Shawinigan Hydroelectric Complex
Power station
Shawinigan Hydroelectric Complex is a power station, which is situated 180 metres south of Former N.A.C. Power House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shawinigan and Shawinigan-Sud.
Shawinigan
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Shawinigan is a city of 50,000 people in the Mauricie region of Quebec. It arose because of its tremendous hydro-electric generation capacity, and is now focusing on tourism.
Shawinigan-Sud
Suburb
Photo: Vintotal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shawinigan-Sud is a predominantly French-speaking settlement in the Mauricie area in Quebec, Canada, on the Saint-Maurice River. In 1996, its population was 11,804. Shawinigan-Sud is situated 2½ km southeast of Former N.A.C. Power House.
Saint-Boniface
Photo: Jacques Dupont, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint-Boniface is a parish municipality of the Maskinongé Regional county municipality, in Moyenne-Mauricie. The residents of Saint-Boniface benefit from a picturesque parish, with rural charms, while being close to the shops and services that Shawinigan offers.
Former N.A.C. Power House
- Categories: hydroelectric power station, building, historic site, historic building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Shawinigan, Mauricie, Central Quebec, Quebec, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.53776° or 46° 32′ 16″ northLongitude
-72.76515° or 72° 45′ 55″ westLevels
2Operator
Northern Aluminum CompanyOpen location code
87R9G6QM+4WOpenStreetMap ID
way 525186190OpenStreetMap feature
building=museumOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingWikidata ID
Q41756155
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Satellite Map
Discover Former N.A.C. Power House from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Former N.A.C. Power House” goes by many names.
- French: “bâtiment AL-1”
- French: “centrale Alcan-1”
- French: “centrale de la N.A.C.”
- French: “Centrale de la N.A.C.”
- French: “centrale de la Northern Aluminium Company”
- French: “usine de la Pittsburg Reduction Company”
- Turkish: “N.A.C. Power House”
- Turkish: “N.A.C. Santralı”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Shawinigan-1 Dam and Shawinigan-2 Generating Station.
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