Calais, Maine: View of New Brunswicks Milltown Generating Station during high water run-off due to December 2010 rains. Filmed by Dan Daley.
NB Power's first hydro plant was the Milltown Generating Station. The station is located on the St. Croix River, which forms the south western international boundary between New Brunswick and Maine. When originally built it 1881, the plant contained a 500 horse power water wheel with equipment attached by the traditional rope drive method. A new dam was built in the early 1900s.
http://www.nbpower.com/html/en/safety_learning/learning/electricity_generated...
That's a LOT of water.
IanDigs 1 year ago