The hydroelectric power dam was constructed in a year and a half by 400 men. Its turbines were installed by 1926, the year of its commission to service.[2]
It was first projected when the Great Falls Water Power and Boom Co. acquired the interests in the north-east bank of the river from the Dominion of Canada.[2] In 1905, a rival power company, the Grand Falls Power Co. acquired the interests on the south-west bank from the province of New Brunswick.[2]
nepisiguit, falls, nepisiguit, grand, falls, generating, station, hydroelectric, built, canadian, province, brunswick, operated, power, corporation, purchased, electric, power, commission, early, 1950s, from, bathurst, power, paper, company, contents, history,. The Nepisiguit Grand Falls generating station is a hydroelectric dam built in the Canadian province of New Brunswick and is operated by NB Power corporation It was purchased by the NB Electric Power Commission in the early 1950s from the Bathurst Power and Paper Company 1 Contents 1 History 2 References 2 1 Bibliography 3 External linksHistory editThe hydroelectric power dam was constructed in a year and a half by 400 men Its turbines were installed by 1926 the year of its commission to service 2 It was first projected when the Great Falls Water Power and Boom Co acquired the interests in the north east bank of the river from the Dominion of Canada 2 In 1905 a rival power company the Grand Falls Power Co acquired the interests on the south west bank from the province of New Brunswick 2 Its power house has as of 2016 a capacity of 11 megawatts from its three turbines 3 It is located in Bathurst Parish Gloucester County References edit MacMillan 1978 p 63 a b c McCarthy 1999 p 86 NB Power System Map Archived 2008 07 23 at the Wayback Machine Bibliography edit MacMillan Gail 1978 An Outline of the History of Bathurst Sackville NB The Tribune Press McCarthy Aloysius James 1999 Historic Bathurst on the Bay of Chaleur Halifax NS Nimbus Publishing ISBN 9781551093031 External links edit nbsp Canada portal nbsp Water portal nbsp Renewable energy portal NB Power Corporation47 24 18 8 N 65 47 28 5 W 47 405222 N 65 791250 W 47 405222 65 791250 nbsp This article about a Canadian power station is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nepisiguit Falls amp oldid 1176796018, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
