Bear Swamp

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Bear Swamp Generating Station is a pumped-storage hydroelectric underground power station. The lake covers 8,800 acres at an elevation of 1,600 feet above sea level. To move the huge volumes of water in both directions, Bear Swamp uses waterwheels similar to the old Francis-style waterwheels, not the newer Pelton wheels.

New England Power Company developed Bear Swamp to meet the expanded peak load periods when New England's electricity consumers place the heaviest demand on the system. Construction started in 1968 and was completed in 1974. The station can produce about 600 megawatts of power.

Bear Swamp is located on the Deerfield River in Rowe and Florida, Massachusetts.

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