Great Falls Dam (Manitoba)

Great Falls Generating Station is a hydroelectric dam on the Winnipeg River approximately 130 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg in the Rural Municipality of Alexander in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The dam is owned and operated by Manitoba Hydro, and has a generating capacity of 130 megawatts. The Winnipeg Electric Railway Company began building the dam in 1914, first power delivered in 1922, and completion in 1928.[1]

Powerhouse of the Great Falls Generating Station, upstream side.

References

  1. ↑ Manitoba Hydro, Great Falls Generating Station. Retrieved: 28 January 2009.

Coordinates: 50°27′46″N 96°0′25″W / 50.46278°N 96.00694°W / 50.46278; -96.00694


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