Ragged-Chute dam (Montreal river) | waterfall, interesting place, hydroelectric power station/plant

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Ragged-Chute is located on the Montreal river, about 25 kilometres South of New-Liskeard in North-East of Ontario. The site was originally developed in 1910 to supply compressed air to the local silver mining community in nearby Cobalt village. Today, the still-working air plant co-exists with the Ragged-Chute hydro facility, a blend of old ingenuity with modern technology. The Ragged-Chute hydro plant was commissioned in the spring of 1991, and generates an average of 8 MW, representing a capacity utilization factor of 75 percent. Trans-Alta owns and operates the Ragged-Chute facility through its wholly owned subsidiary Canadian-Hydro developers. At Ragged-Chute dam, 16 km southeast of Cobalt on the Montreal river, stands the world's only water-powered compressed air plant. Built in 1910, at the peak of the Cobalt silver boom, Ragged-Chute compressed air plant transmits air-power to the local mining industry. Compressed air, rather than electricity, is the main power source used by heavy mining equipment such as drilling machines, grinders and hoists. Today, though, most mines purchase electricity to run their own air compressors. Since it was built in 1910, Ragged-Chute has practically run itself. While under construction, in the early years of this century, a community of workers did live on the site. In 1945, Ontario-Hydro purchased the Ragged-Chute plant and continues to supply local mines with the compressed air created there.

www.cobaltmininglegacy.ca/power.php
www.transalta.com/facilities/plants-operation/ragged-ch...
www.opg.com/generating-power/hydro/central-ontario/Page...
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_River_(Timiskaming_District)
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Coordinates:   47°16'29"N   79°40'19"W

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