W. A. C. Bennett Dam
| W.A.C. Bennett Dam Williston Lake |
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| Coordinates | 56 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ N , 122 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ W | ||||||||||
| Data on the structure | |||||||||||
| Lock type: | Zone earth dam | ||||||||||
| Construction time: | ? –1967 | ||||||||||
| Height above valley floor: | 471 m | ||||||||||
| Height above foundation level : | 183 or 191 m (various details) | ||||||||||
| Building volume: | 43.733 million m³ | ||||||||||
| Crown length: | 2 040 m | ||||||||||
| Power plant output: | 2 730 MW | ||||||||||
| Operator: | BC Hydro | ||||||||||
| Data on the reservoir | |||||||||||
| Altitude (at congestion destination ) | 660 m | ||||||||||
| Water surface | 1 660 km² | ||||||||||
| Storage space | 70,309 km³ | ||||||||||
| Catchment area | 70 000 km² | ||||||||||
The W. A. C. Bennett Dam at Hudson's Hope in Canada is one of the largest dams on earth. According to the size of the storage space, it is in 9th place.
use
The dam of the Canadian company BC Hydro is used, among other things, to generate electricity from hydropower . The ten turbines have an output of 273 MW each , a total of 2730 MW.
dam
The dam is a zone earth dam , 2040 m long and 183 m high. It blocks the canyon of the Peace River in northern British Columbia . The flood relief is located on the right slope and is 850 meters long and 30 meters wide. On the left slope is the inlet for the hydropower plant and the underground power house. It is called "Gordon M. Shrum Generating Station".
The dam is named after WAC Bennett , a former Prime Minister of British Columbia. The resulting reservoir is called Williston Lake.
See also
Web links
WAC Bennett |
Peace Canyon |
Site C (planned)