Sorry to continue to derail this awesome thread , the wife and I did go back up in the 90s . We are avid huckleberry hounds and as we were driving up the road to the center we were looking and wondering what the purplish bushes were along the road , so I finally pulled over and Holy shit ive never seen such an abundance of huuuge berries.
The video says a max of 14000 cfs out of the power house, so id guess closer to 80to 100 megawatts. Still nothing to sneeze at.
probably easy enough to Google for the correct number.
This is interesting, our old, dam has 19 turbines and generates less power , albeit with much less head pressure. This was the first on the columbia , and is 80 years old for the most part, although they added a new powerhouse and
turbines in the 70s.
The picture makes it look like it could be similar in size to something like the 405 freeway? The photo also makes it seem very lightly constructed compared to its size and the amount of water it was designed to handle.
I'm just an amateur armchair QB commenting on design and build. But it's looking like there were shortcuts taken when the spillway was built. Coupled with lack of protective maintenance over the years and we see the results when the structure was stressed to it's maximum capabilities.
No it won't make any money. They will spend more, and put more in their pockets than what it could ever make on the sale of the debris
