Pro vides an overview of the process in volved in producing electricity via thermal generation and outlines the stations' importance to the reliability of the provincial system. At the time it was built, the Grand Rapids turbines and generators were the largest of their kind to be built in Canada and the largest installed in North America. It is one of the key elements of Hydro's system. Outlines construction details and historic facts about Henry Kelsey, the ex plorer after whom the station is named. In the Kettle brochure you can read about construction of the station as well as information about high voltage direct current transmission, Lake Winnipeg Regulation, and Churchill River Diversion.
Brochure describes the physical size, capacity and con struction facts about Limestone.
10 turbine-generator units pro duce a total of 980 megawatts. Publication provides a brief outline of the construction and operation of the station, which is located between Kettle and Limestone on the Nelson River. In service to Manitobans since 1923, GreatFalls pioneered a number of design features now considered standard for generating stations. It is the largest hydroelectric plant in the world operating on a seven metre head. It is just upstream from the paper mill in the town of Pine Falls.