Originally posted on or around Aug 16, 2009

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.

Originally posted by Donovan on 8/16/09; 11:54:44 AM

I wouldn't slight it. It has and will light Portland homes for decades. And it matches North Fork for productivity.

Originally posted by Pete Giordano on 8/17/09; 9:02:05 AM

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.

Originally posted by Donovan on 8/17/09; 4:47:03 PM

It's a real cool little plant.

Originally posted by tempus fugit on 9/1/09; 9:17:16 AM

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.

Originally posted by Donovan on 9/1/09; 10:05:08 PM

Now you're on the inside.