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Oregon Hydropower

http://www.oregonshowcase.org/downloads/pdf/stateplan/power.pdf

Interesting. 3 Lynx pipeline power generation is small potatoes for all that metal and engineering. Well it is 70 years old.
Oregon Hydropower

Re: Oregon Hydropower (#)
8/16/09; 11:54:44 AM ¦ by Donovan
I wouldn't slight it. It has and will light Portland homes for decades. And it matches North Fork for productivity.

Re: Oregon Hydropower (#)
8/17/09; 9:02:05 AM ¦ by Pete Giordano
I was told it also has the largest head (vertical drop) of any hydro west of the Mississippi. Takes very little water to spin the turbines so is still pretty efficient even for it's age. One of the reasons it was recently re-licensed by PGE.

- Re: Oregon Hydropower (#)
- 8/17/09; 4:47:03 PM ¦ by Donovan
- It's a real cool little plant.

Re: Oregon Hydropower (#)
9/1/09; 9:17:16 AM ¦ by tempus fugit
Very interesting article. Nice find. Friends just took me down Pipeline road for the first time. All this time living here and I'd never seen it. It's a cool little sidetrip.

- Re: Oregon Hydropower (#)
- 9/1/09; 10:05:08 PM ¦ by Donovan
- Now you're on the inside.