Station No. 3 Dam +
Hydroelectric Facility

• First online: 1912

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• Reservoir: It covers 42 acres, and is 2.2-miles in length, sitting at  402.66 feet above sea level with 6 feet of managed storage. 

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• Generation type: Conventional hydropower 

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• Hydropower type: Diversion, the Station No. 3 dam diverts water to its generators through a 600 foot long concrete lined tunnel and 900 foot long forebay canal. The concrete lined tunnel runs under some of the buildings in Shelburne falls.

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• Output: Station No. 4 has 3 Francis turbine which output 7 megawatts of power using 3 General Electric generators amounting to 24,963.5 MWH annually.