Kaew. —_ ~ “page 22, o December 27, 1978:.NorthShoreNews ~ Hyaro’s. : | Except fo he | gap. p where 7 ‘The stationary parts of the 7 ‘ai recite ed . | cae smission lines - are under f B. Cc. . Peace pleted “when -Gonerete - a “under | wha z . = oe - L. é struction” to both _ Cant on oh droelectric’ the ‘remaining concrete . placing is: ‘halted by, winter “first turbine are in place now — “provincia ; ’ Swit oo dite ‘over a year portion of | ‘the: ‘dam | is. being Mater. ae “and are‘solidly. embedded i in. ‘through switchgear insulate hyards, : ‘and are scheduled | aaa - concrete: The same:work for |. W phi. The ea éhfil saddle dam vis the: ‘second: i is well. advanced ~ oecupies: ‘complete: except for.a ‘final: “and - matching: parts. of. the ~. conv ! gravel topping and con- — third and fourth turbines will vs he: N powerhiouis, _ struction of a. road across the be installed next year. _— building. a Peace. Canyon" is taking. on. top. . as - Sie One of. gonstrction the oe Zz 7 away from the’ ‘startup. of: its. built mes ite) be completed in 1979... : a a Peace:— Canyon. turbines ‘will: make efficient second se’ of water stored in Lake Williston behind . Bennett Dam; «after. it’ has _ passed through. Gordoii” M:. Shrum: ae Sm. ‘Station | at the nee ie se “two: turbine runners, or =. “The switchgear building ‘is. POWERHOUSE eo waterwheels, ” “which. spin... nearing completion : : “ALMOST COMPEETE.__ with the. flowing water and _ top of ‘the riverbank ‘above | At: -°S turn ‘the generators, ‘have © the powerhouse, and. like the a Spesranee of ‘the project as. ‘workforce « of just © : The spowerhouse building - arrived, in Canada‘ from the powerhouse, -: will” hat en- _ seen from ‘the tourists’. : y is “almost. completed, and_ -manufacturers i in Russia. closed. .and “heated ore _ lookout - by. thousands of” meet ‘construction. vars winter to allow installation’ .. Visitors during t the past four . before. winter. . “years. os “will be closed in shortly tobe’ me heated | so: “installation - Of... oe equipment . “: Their - shafts, five feet in’ can~ “proceed of equipment to ‘continue’ diameter and weighing 80. trowel cold weather. - eae require. a small permanent | vay now on ‘most: of. ‘the activity, '. during - the -.winter months. : For. Stage One, t the Peace ‘previously visible in the open’ ~: Ultimately.-it: will have four. a River was. diverted . around. ‘air, will’ be ‘hidden ‘behind "..175-megawatt: generators. for * the worksite ‘by ‘a- ‘semicir-_ : the walls of the Powerhouse. a total: nameplate capacity < of cular rock dyke; ‘or cof- 2 + 700. megawatts. ele et . ferdam, built out from:the - Préliminary work ‘on. the a base of the cliff on the aesth | project’ = clearing, | ‘grading = tons, have béen delivered to ~ - the ‘site. But .the ‘runners, . . with, diameter of 28 feet.and - : a weight ‘of 220 tons, were ‘too. -: wdarge “for: rail or highway _ : Stee a ., shipment. ‘They: were. ‘taken, LY : 2 Among ‘the: ‘first pieces sof to: the Peace over northern’ . 3 -. side, forcing the water intoa--and construction “of “the | equipment” installed © in..'the. lakes. and logging roads;:s and | existing awitenyards ~ -one op ‘narrow channel. : _camp.and other.’ ‘fasilities, powerhouse: ‘were two 325-3. ‘are. now. on site. . at the W.A.C. Bennett Dane = “started in 1974. . First. ‘con-. ton capacity bridge: cranes. to: 14 ‘miles upstream on’, the In. ‘the. ‘dry riverbed ingde crete. was. poured. in mid- Fe Peace, and. the other: :-— Williston Substation - _— - near, ae “dift’ heavy: : 5 the cofferdam much of the 1976. The first: generator is - generator. Components ‘inte: ‘sta ‘of about. 13, compared ‘to approximately 85 at the G -M-Shrum, piant. CONNECTED BY - _SWITCHYARDS. ; isitors. ‘to Peace Canyon may. oe observe | construction from’ .a- ‘Yookout point a quarter-mile ~ downstream which affords .a panoramic. Of the worksite. - “The Peace. ‘Canyon : plan Power from. Peace Canyon = will be. raised to .. -” structural work for the maim -scheduled to go on line. in. place‘and to remove them if “volts. “through Prince George. : ae projec a tourist building will dam cand. powerhouse was . late 1979, and.the ee ee “for. future srmers. at the: eens o rovided at a closer . _: accomplished: during “1976, . | taree by the end of 1980." maintenance irae 2 Int “preparation, . tran- | _.- 1977. and the spring of this - ee peeeer a Tt “wil pe year. Two-thirds — of. the - THREE SECTIONS _ : _ “concrete portion of the dam | A Was. essentially finished. The | cathe dam i is being Built. i in’. “ spowerhouse, at’ the fect. of | three sections. Two of these, _ the dam against the cliff, was an° “intake -section’: and a : raised to a height well above : spillway: ‘section, both | ‘of. downstream water level. . . concrete,- will: block :the' - Toe s. ° main river channel between’: : _ STAGE Two. the cliff, on the north side of | . -! the canyon. anda ‘large rock — ‘Then Stage Two diversion | outcropping .a little: over. no was. carried out. iby: “halfway to the. south wall. of 3 redirecting the river through « the canyon. = oe six -large . tunnels,” “Ori ce sluiceways,~ built into the - | base of the dam near the - cemtre’ of the. ‘natural: a channel. a : ; The intake. section has through it four 32-foot pipes . called penstocks to take ‘in | | water and pour. it: through: S Part of the first cofferdam the turbines. The spillway. 7 " was removed, ..and another - section is’ divided: “into “six. was built to protect the south. “bays, each with an upstream. -side:.of the riverbed where watergate and a spillway like. the’ water flowed ‘swift ‘and © a playground | slide, to spill’. deep during Stage One. ey 7 -excess. water: bypassing the. a an _ turbines if necessary. , . Following: the» “new. : | . diversion, . frothing _ white” aes rene oo owater . gushes. ‘from-. the . ‘Two of: the 2 spillway. bays: a sluiceway exits. It spreads. to’: with ‘the low-lével tunnels or: * _ fill: .most:.of the orignal | sluiceways.” “beneath: them, © ‘riverbed downstream from. -were built. in) Stage One- ‘the dam, and laps into the: --construction. The remaining — ‘portals of the’ powerhouse - four bays are rising. rapidly, where the turbines will now as they receive:most of |. 7 eventually discharge © the. the output of the’ concrete flow after’ capturing the © batch plant, and should be power of the river. approximately half: com: $37 million loss denier Sports Minister . fona Campagnolo under attack in the House of Commons has denied a CBC. television report that the cost. of abandoning Loto Select, a ‘ “Buy your RHOSP for 1978 a at ‘the a ee North Shore: Community Credit Union. — ao J.J. Macdonell should inves- tigate the whole affair. Campagnolo said she has no objection to an audit. by the Auditor-General, but did not think it necessary. | _ Qur rates are highly competitive. For. full - _..,-: particulars, come and see us at any one of | computerized lottery since ° turned over to the provinces, would be close to $37 million. Although the final cost would . not be known until. contracts were .terminated,. Campagnolo said it would only cost the federal govern. : ment $l! million to $2 million, She said she could not go into details concerning the contracts as they were not yet setiled and it could influence the final outcome, Bt avesces mil Lonsdale Branch Lynn Valley Branch Marine Drive Branch ‘The Village Branch — New Democratic Party | 4. {mat means nuillititre ; 1100 Lonsdale Ave. 1247 Ross oad 1080 Marne De. " 3a3t eat Blvd. leader Edward Broadbent AVUAWD Hevesi errillbane ive ; es 8221 suggested Auditor-General Opposition. MP's said Campagnolo used the federal’ lottery as an ‘expensive _ bargaining provinces, tool with min is the symbol for minute ‘his the symbol for hour km means kilometre — m means metre “em raeans centimetre raeem $9 semen “Deennenin the oe _ Credit Unions—Better in So Many Ways a '] =| North Shore Community {f Credit Union» _ Four locations in North Vancouver: | our four North Vancouver branchies. BT | | 986-1116 oS