Sir Adam Beck's Birthplace

Photo by Alan L Brown - March 28, 2004

Plaque Location

The Region of Waterloo
The Township of Wilmot
In Baden in front of Baden Public School, north side of Snyder's Road East, west of Sandhills Road

Plaque Text

Founder of Ontario's public hydro-electric system, Adam Beck (1857-1925) was born in Baden. He lived in this community until 1885 when he moved to London, Ontario. Beck was elected mayor of that city in 1902 and the following year was appointed to a provincial commission to investigate the development and distribution of power from Niagara Falls. He served as a member of the Ontario legislature where, in 1906, he introduced the bill which set up the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario. As chairman of that body, 1906-25, he was largely responsible for its successful establishment and growth and was knighted in 1914.

Related page from my torontohistory.org website:
Sir Adam Beck School and the Summer of '36

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