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Madatsar Ruwa ta Hardy (ko kuma Madatsar Ruwa ta Hardy Hydroelectric Plant ) wani madatsar ruwa ce mai cike da ƙasa da kuma cibiyar samar da wutar lantarki a Kogin Muskegon da ke cikin Garin Big Prairie, Newaygo County, Michigan . A lokacin kammala aikin, ita ce madatsar ruwa mafi girma a Arewacin Amurka a gabashin Mississippi. Madatsar ruwan ta samar da tafki mai tsawon mil 50 na bakin teku. Madatsar ruwan ta mamaye wani tafki mai fadin eka 4,000 (hekta 1,618) kuma tashar samar da wutar lantarki tana da karfin wutar lantarki na MW 31.5. Tarihi Bayan bincike mai zurfi da tsare-tsare daga Consumers Energy a shekarun 1920, an fara gina madatsar ruwa ta Hardy a shekarar 1929. William G. Fargo ne ya tsara shi kuma kamfaninsa, Fargo Engineering ne ya gudanar da ginin. An sanya siminti mai yawa a cikin harsashin ginin saboda babu dutse mai ƙarfi, musamman a cikin magudanar ruwa. Injiniyoyin Allied sun fara gina tashar wutar lantarki a kaka ta 1929. A watan Agusta na 1930, an karkatar da Kogin Muskegon ta cikin wuraren da aka gina madatsar ruwa da kuma nesa da wurin gina madatsar ruwa. An cika madatsar ruwa a watan Maris na 1931 ta amfani da hanyar gina ruwa ta rabin ruwa . Kimanin 1,500,000 cubic yards (1,100,000 m3)An yi amfani da yashi da tsakuwa mai girman a cikin madatsar ruwa. An kammala madatsar ruwa da kuma tashar wutar lantarki a ƙarshen shekarar 1931. An gudanar da ginin ne a karkashin jagorancin Edward M. Burd, shugaban injiniyan farar hula na Kamfanin Wutar Lantarki na Commonwealth, wani reshe na Abokan Ciniki. An sanya sunan madatsar ruwa da tashar wutar lantarki ga George E. Hardy, abokin tarayya na kudi tare da Anton G. Hodenpyl . Hardy da Hodenpyl (wanda kuma yana da madatsar ruwa mai suna bayan shi) sun kula da Kamfanin Commonwealth &amp; Southern Corporation wanda Consumers Energy, ya kasance wani ɓangare daga 1910 zuwa 1920s. Wani ambaliyar ruwa mai tsanani a watan Satumbar 198 feet (2.4 m) ya ɗaga tafkin 8 sama da hanyar zubar da gaggawa. Ruwa ya shiga cikin haɗin gwiwa kuma a ƙarƙashin ragowar ruwa yana haifar da ramuka waɗanda daga baya aka cika su da grout. An lissafa Hardy a cikin National Register of Historic Places a ranar 1 ga Disamba, 1997. Jerin ya lura da gine-ginen mulkin mallaka na Mutanen Espanya na gine-ginan wutar lantarki, gami da gidan mai, mai cin abinci, ɗakin kwana da gidan wutar lantarki. A watan Disamba na shekara ta 2008, an fara farfado da Turbine na Francis na Unit 3. An maye gurbin mai gudu na 10 MW na asali da wanda ya kara karfin shigar da naúrar da 1.5 MW. Rukunin 3 ya koma aiki a ranar 3 ga Maris 2009. Manazarta