Subj : Re: Hydro went off - again
To   : Ed Vance
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Dec 06 2020 08:36:21


 > Down the road from the Lock and Dam I worked at was a Hydroelectric Plant.

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 > I was at work one day when a towboat locked through carrying a Hydro Unit
 > that was built in France that would be installed in Vanceburg, Kentucky.
 > It was a HUGE Unit, and that one unit probably would produce more electricty
 > than the eight units in the nearby Hydro Plant could.

 > Just thought I'd jump in and make a comment.

My town has an old water "mill" that has been tried to be converted to a proper
hydro-producing source.  Not enough gov't/private monies could sustain the
project. It was eventually scrapped.  Sad, really. It could have been a tourist
draw if branded well.
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