The massive General Electric turbine pumps in the pump room of the R. C. Harris water treatment plant in Toronto Canada

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Contructed in the 1930s in the Art Deco style, the RC Harris water filtration plant is of four City water treatment plants. It takes raw water from Lake Ontario, then cleans, disinfects and converts it into safe potable/drinking water for pumping into the City’s distribution system.

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Size: 3894px × 2606px
Location: R. C Harris water purification plant in the Beach area of Toronto Ontario Canada
Photo credit: © Steven Chadwick / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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