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|  Message 2345  |
|  August Abolins to Ed Vance  |
|  Re: Hydro went off - again  |
|  06 Dec 20 08:36:21  |
 TZUTC: -0800 MSGID: 262.fido-coffeekl@1:153/757.2 24323f8b REPLY: 3273.klatsch@1:2320/105 24323f76 PID: Synchronet 3.18c-Linux Dec 5 2020 GCC 10.2.0 TID: SBBSecho 3.11-Linux r3.179 Dec 5 2020 GCC 10.2.0 CHRS: ASCII 1 > Down the road from the Lock and Dam I worked at was a Hydroelectric Plant. [snip] > 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. --- SBBSecho 3.11-Linux * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757.2) SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 105/81 120/340 123/131 124/5016 153/105 135 757 SEEN-BY: 153/802 6809 154/10 203/0 221/0 6 226/30 227/114 702 229/101 SEEN-BY: 229/424 426 452 664 1016 240/5832 249/110 206 317 400 261/38 SEEN-BY: 267/67 280/464 5003 288/100 292/854 310/31 317/3 322/757 SEEN-BY: 335/364 342/17 200 396/45 423/120 460/58 777 1124 5858 712/848 SEEN-BY: 770/1 2452/250 4500/1 5054/30 PATH: 153/757 221/6 460/58 280/464 229/101 426 |
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