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LocationCove Power Plant Road,
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER ID-43-H
Building/structure dates:
1916 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
2006 demolished
Significance: The lower gate house contains the Tainter gate, pressure box, and intake for the penstock. It controls the volume and pressure of the water flowing through the penstock to the power house turbine.
Subjects
Tainter GatesHydroelectric Power PlantsWater Power
Related Names
Phoenix Construction Company
McClelland, R. J.
Rocky Mountain Energy
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
LOWER GATE HOUSE AND FLUME (SEE HAER NO. ID-43-G) SPILLWAY, FACING NORTH FROM PENSTOCK.
LOWER GATE HOUSE FOREBAY AND FLUME (SEE HAER NO. ID-43-G), FACING WEST-NORTHWEST.
LOWER GATE HOUSE NORTH SIDE AND FOREBAY; POWER HOUSE (SEE HAER NO. ID-43-J) IN LEFT DISTANCE.
LOWER GATE HOUSE UPPER BUILDING AND OPEN GATE STRUCTURE, FACING NORTH.
LOWER GATE HOUSE FOREBAY, SCREEN, AND OPEN GATE STRUCTURE, FACING WEST.
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