Doors Open Ottawa 2016

The annual "Doors Open" weekend was held recently in Ottawa. Over the years, we have visited a lot of places open to the public, but there are still quite a few that we haven't visited.

On Saturday, Terry and I headed over to the Ottawa River to visit the hydro electric facility that was open to visitors there.

Several dams produce electricity in the city, but this one is the oldest.

On display are the old meters that used to monitor the energy production. Nowadays the same work is all done on a computer.

One of the surprising aspects of creating hydro-electricity, to me, was learning that garbage and debris had to be removed from the flowing water before it passed through the dam.

This machine takes everything from logs to plastic bags and bottles out of the water.

I didn't realize that the dam not only uses the water, but it cleans it as well!

There is always something to learn on these Doors Open visits!