Seven Sisters Falls Generating Station

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Seven Sisters Falls Generating Station is a major hydroelectric power plant in Manitoba, Canada, known for harnessing the Winnipeg River to generate electricity for the region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hydroelectric power station
run-of-the-river generating station
commissioningDate 1931
connectsTo high-voltage transmission network in Manitoba
constructionStartDate 1929
country Canada
energySource Winnipeg River NERFINISHED
expandedIn 1940s
1950s
gridConnection Manitoba electrical grid NERFINISHED
gridOperator Manitoba Hydro NERFINISHED
hasAccessRoad Provincial Road 307 NERFINISHED
hasEnvironmentalContext freshwater river ecosystem
hasFunction base-load power supply
peaking power supply
hasInfrastructureType hydroelectric facility
power station
hasOwnerType provincial crown corporation
hasReservoir forebay on Winnipeg River
hasTurbineType Francis turbine
hasType gravity dam
hydroelectric dam
industry electric power generation
isLocatedInCountrySubdivision Eastern Manitoba NERFINISHED
isNamedAfter Seven Sisters Falls NERFINISHED
isPartOf Manitoba Hydro generation fleet NERFINISHED
Winnipeg River generating system NERFINISHED
locatedIn Manitoba
locatedInAdministrativeArea Rural Municipality of Whitemouth NERFINISHED
locatedInBasin Nelson River drainage basin
locatedNear Seven Sisters Falls, Manitoba NERFINISHED
locatedOnRiver Winnipeg River NERFINISHED
nearCity Winnipeg NERFINISHED
nearCommunity Seven Sisters Falls NERFINISHED
numberOfGeneratingUnits 6
operatedBy Manitoba Hydro NERFINISHED
ownedBy Manitoba Hydro NERFINISHED
primaryFuel hydropower
purpose electricity generation
regionServed Manitoba NERFINISHED
Winnipeg area
regulates flow of Winnipeg River at Seven Sisters Falls
status operational
usesTechnology alternating current generators
hydraulic turbines
watercourseDam Winnipeg River NERFINISHED
waterHeadType low-head hydroelectric plant

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Winnipeg River hasHydroelectricDam Seven Sisters Falls Generating Station