Ron on Huron
IMGP1946
Ron Young
May 20
Surge towers In 1915 Ontario Hydro utilized the height of the Escarpment and built a hydro-electrical plant north of Eugenia Falls and created a reservoir, Lake Eugenia in order to have greater control over water levels. After more than 90 years Eugenia is still producing, feeding 3500 kilowatts into the Ontario grid. Wooden stave pipes carry water from Lake Eugenia, the storage basin, to the surge tanks at the lip of the valley. These tanks absorb any surges of water and prevent vacuums from forming and collapsing the pipes. The water then drops through a steel penstock to the turbines that feed two fully automated units. These operate unattended 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The difference in height from intake up at the lake to the tailrace water beyond the plant is 168 metres, giving Eugenia the highest head in the Ontario basin.
IMGP1946
Ron Young
May 20
Surge towers In 1915 Ontario Hydro utilized the height of the Escarpment and built a hydro-electrical plant north of Eugenia Falls and created a reservoir, Lake Eugenia in order to have greater control over water levels. After more than 90 years Eugenia is still producing, feeding 3500 kilowatts into the Ontario grid. Wooden stave pipes carry water from Lake Eugenia, the storage basin, to the surge tanks at the lip of the valley. These tanks absorb any surges of water and prevent vacuums from forming and collapsing the pipes. The water then drops through a steel penstock to the turbines that feed two fully automated units. These operate unattended 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The difference in height from intake up at the lake to the tailrace water beyond the plant is 168 metres, giving Eugenia the highest head in the Ontario basin.