Condit Hydroelectric Project - Wikipedia
Condit Dam. Condit Hydroelectric Project was a development on the White Salmon River in the U.S. state of Washington. It was completed in 1913 to provide electrical power for local industry, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as …
Removing Condit Dam spurred hopes, but it also begged …
2021年10月16日 · Removing the 100-year-old Condit Dam in 2011 came with the hope of returning the White Salmon River to its natural state, benefiting tribes, river recreationalists, and salmon. Did it work? Jan....
Condit P-2342 | Hydropower Reform Coalition
The Condit Hydroelectric Project (P-2342), constructed in 1913, consisted of a dam that diverted flows from 1.1 miles of the White Salmon River and returned it directly to that river. The project works included a dam that impounded the river, creating Northwestern Reservoir, as well as a water conveyance system, a powerhouse, and other facilities.
Condit - PacifiCorp
Removal of Condit dam is expected to provide the following benefits: Anadromous salmonids will be provided access of up to 18 miles of White Salmon River mainstem and tributary habitats that have been inaccessible since the early 1990s.
2024年5月17日 · Condit’s history shows how provisions of the Federal Power Act that allow federal fish management agencies to impose fishway prescriptions on dam relicensing can lead to the outright removal of a project that is uneconomical to operate with the necessary fish passage.
History of the Condit Dam and its 2011 Removal
2021年10月26日 · Over 900 men from the Boston, Massachusetts Stone, and Webster Construction worked for over 11 months to build Condit Dam and the powerhouse. In the years leading up to the removal, conservationists and river stewards fought for a free-flowing river.
Condit Dam: Life after the breach - The Columbian
2016年10月23日 · Constrained for a century by the 125-foot PacifiCorp hydroelectric dam, the White Salmon was freed on Oct. 26, 2011, when contractors detonated charges opening a tunnel through the base of the...
Hydroelectric dams across the United States are licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The Condit Dam was originally licensed in 1968 with an effective date of May 1, 1965 after enactment of the Federal Power Act. In November 1996, FERC issued a final Environmental Impact Statement that required.
Condit Dam “probably the largest wood-stave pipe in the world.” The transmission line from the Condit powerhouse to Camas, Wash. was the first to be built through the Columbia River Gorge and
Dam Removal on the Lower White Salmon - IJW
We report on the 2011 removal of the Condit Dam on the Lower White Salmon River, which had been declared wild and scenic in 1986. The Condit was decommissioned largely to reintroduce anadromous fish to the river and involved collaboration among many interests.