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8/11/2010 |
Our
location - Hungry Horse, MT
Hungry Horse Dam |
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We went over to the
Hungry Horse Dam. This is the first Dam in the Columbia
River Dam System |
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The Hungry Horse Dam was completed in 1953 for flood control.
It does generate electricity with its four 107MW water turbine
genrators. For a perspective, one of the large generators at Grand
Coulee Dam genrates 805MW.
Small Visitor Center compared to the other dams we have visited. |
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There is no tour of the dam but the Visitor Center has interesting
displays and videos. |
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There was a feature on this dam that we have not seen before.
The drain, named the "Morning Glory", is a protective overflow
device. If the water should reach the level of the Morning
Glory, it will spill into a drain to the river below preventing
water overflowing the top of the dam. |
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This one of the penstock inlets. The grates filter out flotsum
from the water. |
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That is the South Fork of the Flathead River. The water
flowing through the dam will make a 1000 mile trip to the Pacific. |
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There was a forest fire here. Mother Nature's way of cleaning
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