Dorsey Converter Station

• HVDC transmission line construction started January 1968;
• Dorsey Converter Station's construction started (Bipole I) September 1968;
• HVDC transmission line completed March 1971;
• First transmission to Dorsey (Bipole I) June 1972;
• Bipole I completed October 1977;
• Bipole II construction started October 1977;
• First groups of Bipole II commissioned October 1978;
• Bipole II completed May 1985.

Manitoba Hydro's Dorsey Converter Station is the southern terminus for the utility's high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission lines.

Built in 1968, the converter station was named after Professor John Dorsey, who taught electrical engineering at the University of Manitoba from 1912 to 1952. Professor Dorsey was well known for his work on the transmission of electricity.

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