Puntledge diversion dam
Canada /
British Columbia /
Cumberland /
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/ Canada
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/ Cumberland
World / Canada / British Columbia / Comox-Strathcona
dam, hydroelectric power station/plant
In 1912 Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd. developed the hydroelectric potential of Comox Lake and the Puntledge River to provide electricity for the operation of its coal mines in the Cumberland area. The BC Power Commission, BC Hydro's predecessor, acquired the Puntledge hydroelectric development in 1953. By 1955 the company had rebuilt the diversion dam, penstocks and powerhouse to quadruple the systems electrical output to the local community. Additional improvements included upgrading the dam in 1982.
The Puntledge Diversion Dam is a concrete buttress dam, 30.5 m long and 5.5 m high. The Diversion Dam forms the headpond for the intake and for the fishways on the left bank of the Puntledge River. The power intake is a 5 km long steel and woodstave penstock to the Puntledge River Powerhouse.
The Puntledge Diversion Dam is a concrete buttress dam, 30.5 m long and 5.5 m high. The Diversion Dam forms the headpond for the intake and for the fishways on the left bank of the Puntledge River. The power intake is a 5 km long steel and woodstave penstock to the Puntledge River Powerhouse.
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Coordinates: 49°39'53"N 125°5'37"W
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- Constitution Hill 14 km
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