The Richard L. Hearn Thermal Generating Station in Toronto. Built in 1952, officially shut down in the 1980s, but continued to operate as cyclic condensers to improve the power supply, and was fully mothballed in 1990s.


The Hearn from Unwin Ave in Toronto.


Approching the Hearn from the West. This is no longer possible as the new Portland Energy Center is now occupying this area.


This once held up Generator 8.


To show the scale. That's me standing there.


Inside the Main Plant


Inside the Main Plant


Inside the Main Plant


Inside the Main Plant


Inside the Main Plant


Inside the Main Plant


Generator Floor ~ April 2006


Generator Floor ~ June 2007


Generator Floor ~ April 2008


Main Control Room. No screens, no computers, just dials. The amount of people needed to monitor it was amazing.


The main control for Generator 1, this is where we could turn on and off the power.


The main control room again.


A view of Downtown Toronto from the Tallest Roof of Hearn.


The "Administration" stairs. Leads to the Front Entrance.


More halls in what's left of the offices.


A vast majority of the offices were converted into a movie set, most of the walls are fake, but you couldn't tell just by looking.


Supervisor logs from the sixties. I actually saw the ones from the 1950s when the plant first opened


What happened to the generators? Simple they were left to rot outside. Here are the remains of Canada's first 100 Megawatt Steam driven, coal fired Generators.