Long Spruce Generating Station

• Located on Nelson River;
• Completed 1979;
• Cost $508 million;
• Capacity 1,010 MW;
• Ten generating units;
• Transmission:
  • 230 kV AC to Radisson Converter Station;
  • 230 kV AC to Henday Converter Station;
  • ±450 kV DC to Dorsey Converter Station.
• Thirty intake gates each measuring 6.34 m by 14.76 m;
• Powerhouse:
  • Length 300 m;
  • Width 50 m.
• Unit spacing 26.5 m;
• Six spillway gates, each measuring 14.13 m by 16.93 m.

Long Spruce was Manitoba Hydro's fourth generating station to be built on the Nelson River, which flows in northern Manitoba from Lake Winnipeg to Hudson Bay. The station is situated on a stretch of the Nelson known as the Long Spruce Rapids. The site is approximately 745 kilometres (km) northeast of Winnipeg, 27 km east of Gillam and 16 km downstream of Manitoba Hydro's Kettle Generating Station.

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