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Title page 13
Relation Pumped-Storage in the Pacific Northwest
Date 2005-05-10 to 2005-05-25
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Description Grand Coulee Pumping Plant. The first pumped-storage generation in the Pacific Northwest has been developed at the Bureau of Reclamation's Grand Coulee Project in Washington, where reversible pump-turbines are being installed in the existing pumping plant. This project develops the 300 feet of head between Banks Lake and the reservoir behind Grand Coulee Dam and combines pumping for irrigation with pumped-storage operation for power. The main purpose of the new pump-turbine units is to...
Identifier http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,2128

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