Generators at Hoover Dam is a photograph by Phyllis Taylor which was uploaded on July 28th, 2016.
Generators at Hoover Dam
The mighty generators located inside Hoover Dam that produce the hydroelectricity to supply 1.3 million people in the Southwest part of the United... more
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Generators at Hoover Dam
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Phyllis Taylor
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Photograph - Photography
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The mighty generators located inside Hoover Dam that produce the hydroelectricity to supply 1.3 million people in the Southwest part of the United States.
Hoover Dam generates, on average, about 4 billion kilowatt-hours of hydroelectric power each year for use in Nevada, Arizona, and California - enough to serve 1.3 million people. From 1939 to 1949, Hoover Powerplant was the world's largest hydroelectric installation; today, it is still one of the country's largest.
There 17 main turbines in the Hoover Powerplant -- nine on the Arizona wing and eight on the Nevada wing. The original turbines were replaced through an uprating program between 1986 and 1993. The plant has a nameplate capacity of about 2,080 megawatts. This includes the two station-service units (small generating units that provide power for plant operations), which are rated at 2.4 megawatts each. With the main units having a combined rated capacity of 2,991,000 horsepower, and two station-service units rated at 3,500 horsepower each, the plant has a rated capacity of 2,998,000 horsepower.
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