Pine Falls Generating Station

• Construction started 1949;
• Construction completed 1952;
• Cost $23.5 million;
• Capacity 88 MW;
• Average annual generation 620 million kWh;
• Waterfall drop 11.3 m;
• Powerhouse:
  • Length 151 m.
• Six turbine generators (units) (each turns at 94.7 rpm);
• First unit in service 1952;
• Units' discharge capacity 917 m³/s of water;
• Forebay area 9 km²;
• Forebay's normal water level 229.2 m;
• Six spillway gates: length 95.5 m;
• Spillway's discharge capacity 3,396 m³/s of water;
• Transmission lines:
  • Six 115-kV (one each to the Great Falls and McArthur generating stations, two each to Parkdale and the Manitoba Paper Company);
  • Two 66-kV (one to Grand Beach, one to Lake Winnipeg).

The Winnipeg River - Pine Falls	Running time (2:26)
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Construction of the Pine Falls Generating Station, on the lower stretch of the Winnipeg River, began in the late 1940s in an effort to keep the supply of electricity ahead of the demand, which was exceeding all earlier estimates by the province's power planners. It was a dynamic time when industry and agriculture in Manitoba were rapidly expanding.

Pine Falls, next to the town of Powerview, is the last generating station to use the Winnipeg River's abundant waters before reaching Lake Winnipeg at Traverse Bay, only 13 kilometres (km) away. The generating station is located about 119 km northeast of the City of Winnipeg.

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