Jordan River Dam
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The Jordan River Dam, officially the Jordan River Diversion Dam, and known locally simply as Diversion Dam, is located in Jordan River, British Columbia, Canada. It is part of the second hydroelectric development on Vancouver Island.[1] and is a shell-type structure.
The Vancouver Island Power Company completed construction of the River Jordan hydroelectric system in 1911. Water collects at Diversion Dam, runs 8.8 km down a wooden sluice to an equalizing reservoir and flows through a steel penstock for the last 330 vertical meters.
From 1912 to 1930 continual improvements and additional generators pushed the capacity of the power plant to 26 megawatts. In 1971 the flume was replaced by a tunnel, connected to a penstock flowing down to a new power house, presently located across the river from the original location. A Japanese built generator replaced the old equipment, boosting power output from 26 megawatts to 175 megawatts.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Rural Observer "Jordan River Powerhouse" by Elida Peers
- ^ http://www.geog.uvic.ca/dept2/faculty/newcomb/JordanRiverPower.PDF
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