Churchill Falls hydropower
The machine hall of the power facility at Churchill Falls was hollowed out of solid rock, close to 1,000 ft (300 m) underground. Its final proportions are huge: in height it equals a 15-story building, its length is three times that of a football field. At the time, the project was the largest civil engineering project ever undertaken in North America.
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| Churchill Falls, Labrador, ca. 1969 |
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| Churchill Falls - 2008 |
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Google Aerial View of the area
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Video
nice animated infographics!
Transmission Lines
I first found about about Churchill Falls when a couple of years back I was panning a Google Map in Satellite view and noted this strange diagonal line all across Labrador. It was bizarre - what could it be? I traced it northward and found the Town and hydroelectric plant and became fascinated.
Google Street View of the huge swath of the transmission lines
Google Close Up Aerial View
The red line indicates the transmission lines wide swath across Labrador
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