Construction Photos - 2014

Construction Updates - November 2014  

Power House

Feeder Line

 

Construction Updates - October 2014

Feeder Line

Tailrace

Power House

Tunnel

Construction Updates - September 2014 

Upper Access Road

Upper Allison Creek - Site of the Diversion Structure

Setting the Penstock

 

Powerhouse Construction and Penstock Installation

 

 

Construction Updates - August 2014 (click on images to enlarge)

Powerhouse Construction

Penstock Installation

Advanced Tunnel Work

Turbine Testing

 

Punched Through Opposite End of Tunnel; Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Construction Updates - July 2014 

Tunnel Portal Construction

Powerhouse Construction

Building the Coffer Dam That is Used to Keep Debris and Particles From Entering the Creek

Helicopter Carrying Equipment to the Upper Access Road Above the Tunnel

 

Construction Updates - June 2014   

 

Aerial View of Project Site

Aerial View of Access Road and Powerhouse Site

Interior of Outdoor Switchgear Building

Typical Breaker in Outdoor Switchgear Building

Lower Access Road        Erosion Control Procedures

Clearing the Site of the Powerhouse

Lower Access Road Beyond the Rock Outcrop

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Harris Sand & Gravel Excavators-Lower Access Road

Housing Unit Where Penstock Nozzles will Enter; the Nozzles Control the Quantity of Water Shot at the Turbine Wheel

The Completed Pelton Wheel

Turbine Housing for Pelton Wheel System

 

Construction Begins - May 2014

 

View of the Landscape-Lower Access Road being           Lower Access Road

Cleared on Left, Site of the Powerhouse on Right

Clearing the Laydown Area

Lower Access Road with Excavators Clearing Road in Distance

Clearing Lower Access Road

Clearing Lower Access Road

 

Preconstruction

 

Water in the Creek

Stream Guages Installed to Measure the Hydrology of the Stream in Various Locations

Biologists Added Dye to the Stream to Measure Velocity and Checked Fish Traps to Determine Fish Species

Contractor Crews Performing Boring Tests to Determine the Geological Conditions of the Project Site

Boring Testing