White Rock, Nova Scotia

White Rock is a community in Kings County, Nova Scotia near the town of Wolfville.

[1] The Stiver's Falls Hydroelectric Plant, also known as the old White Rock generating station, was built nearby in 1919 on the Gaspereau River, about 3 km south-west of Wolfville, and produced electricity for the first time on 25 February 1920.

It had a capacity of 375 horsepower 280 kilowatts.

[2] The original machinery was replaced in 1950 with a 3,600 kW generating plant, and the dam replaced in 1994.

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