Elko Dam
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| Coordinates | 49 ° 17 '24 " N , 115 ° 6' 17" W | ||||||||||
| Data on the structure | |||||||||||
| Construction time: | 1924 | ||||||||||
| Height of the barrier structure : | 16 m | ||||||||||
| Height of the structure crown: | 917.67 m | ||||||||||
| Crown length: | 66 m | ||||||||||
| Power plant output: | 12 MW | ||||||||||
| Operator: | BC Hydro | ||||||||||
| Data on the reservoir | |||||||||||
| Altitude (at congestion destination ) | 917 m | ||||||||||
| Water surface | 10 ha | ||||||||||
| Reservoir length | 1.1 km | ||||||||||
| Storage space | 600 000 m³ | ||||||||||
| Catchment area | 3 530 km² | ||||||||||
| Design flood : | 560 m³ / s | ||||||||||
The Elko Dam is a dam on the Elk River in the Canadian Rockies in southeast British Columbia .
dam
The Elko Dam was built in 1924 on the Elk River 16 km above its confluence with Lake Koocanusa . It is located about 70 km southeast of the city of Cranbrook . The Elko Dam and the hydroelectric power station 1.1 km further south are operated by BC Hydro .
The dam has a crown length of 66 m, a crown height of 917.67 m and a maximum construction height of 16 m. The flood relief is designed for 560 m³ / s.
Reservoir
The reservoir above the Elko Dam has an area of 10 ha and a storage capacity of 600,000 m³. The village of Elko is on its west bank. The British Columbia Highway 3 ( Crowsnest Highway ) runs north of the dam.
power plant
The water is fed to the power plant ( ⊙ ) via a 457 m long pressure pipeline , a 609 m long gallery with a surge tank 46 m above the lower end of the gallery and two pressure lines . This is operated as a run-of-river power plant. It has two Francis turbines with an installed capacity of 12 MW and an additional flow rate of 25 m³ / s. The average annual energy production is 73 GWh.