Hydroelectric Projects
Hydroelectric Power
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The Grand River Power Company operated the Smithville Dam, which had sold power to Wolverine Power Supply Cooperative. Its downstream partner, Mix Dam, also supplied power to 52 electric retail electric customers which made up the Electric Utility that was operated from that site. Below, on the right, is Commonwealth Power Company’s LaBarge Dam located on the Thornapple River in Kent County, Michigan. It achieved commercial operation in 1982, selling its energy and capacity to Consumers Energy Company. |
| Electric Machinery Generators which appear above. Henry Ford has very specific design criteria for the facilities that he built. One is evident from the picture of the back of the plant below. He always wanted his generator floor to be above the headwater elevation, and it clearly was. |