"BOOTT" Hydroelectric Power Plant - Lowell, MA, USA - Hydroelectric Power Stations on Waymarking.com

The Lawrence Project is a 16.8 MW hydroelectric facility and consists of a 33-foot high, 900-foot-long dam of rubble masonry construction with five-foot-high inflatable flashboard system; a 9.8-mile-long reservoir having a surface area of 655 acres at normal high water elevation 44.17 feet mean sea level (msl) and a maximum storage capacity of approximately 19,900 acre-feet; the existing South Canal
approximately 35 feet wide and 10 feet deep, originating at the south abutment of the Essex Dam and generally paralleling the Merrimack River bed, below the Essex Dam, for a distance of approximately
2,750 feet; the existing North Canal, approximately 95 feet wide and 15 feet deep, originating at the north abutment of the dam and paralleling the Merrimack River below the dam for a distance of
approximately 5,300 feet; fish passage facilities including a fish elevator installed at the dam, a downstream fish bypass and an eel ladder; a powerhouse containing two 8.4 MW hydroelectric generating units and a tailrace channel extending into the Merrimack River Channel; and appurtenant facilities.

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Operational: yes Type of power station: Run-of-the-river Type of turbine: Kaplan Operator: Hull Street Energy Visitor center: no Date built: 01/01/1980 Generation capacity: 16.8 MW

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