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LocationCove Power Plant Road,
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER ID-43
Building/structure dates:
1917 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
2006 demolished
Building/structure dates:
1920 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1996 demolished
Building/structure dates:
1970 subsequent work
Significance: The Cove Hydroelectric Development encompasses a unique flume system that was constructed with great effort in a remote landscape; captured a natural water source and used innovative design methods to eke additional hydroelectric power out of a relatively short section of the Bear River; was an early example of a low-head, high-volume hydroelectric complex in Idaho; and operated continuously for 87 years.
Subjects
CanalsPower PlantsDams
Related Names
Phoenix Construction Company
McClelland, R. J.
Utah Power & Light Company
Nunn, Lucien L.
Foote, A. D.
Electric Bond & Share Company
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
DISTANT SOUTHWEST VIEW OF LAKE, DAM, GATE, FOREBAY, ETC., IN BEAR VALLEY
GARAGE, GATEHOUSE, SCREENHOUSE, DAM, FACING SOUTHWEST
DAM, BEAR RIVER, SCREENHOUSE, GATE, WASTEWAY, GARAGE, FACING NORTH-NORTHEAST
VIEW NORTHWEST OF POWERHOUSE, PENSTOCK, GATE, GARAGE, AND MIKES (ALL COWS NAMED "MIKE")
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