LUDINGTON PUMPED
STORAGE PROJECT
Four Miles South of Ludington, Michigan
CENTER PHOTO
Consumers Power-Detroit Edison Companies' Ludington Pumped Storage
Hydroelectric Plant is scheduled for completion by end of 1973 at an
estimated cost of $340 million. Upper reservoir is 2.2 miles long, holds
27 billion gallons of water.
UPPER LEFT PHOTO
Spiral cases encircle the six largest pump-turbine motor-generators ever
built to produce 1,872,000 kilowatts. Each turbine weighs 330 tons.
UPPER RIGHT PHOTO
Slope pavers, made in Germany, are used to line inside of dike with
500,000 tons of asphaltic concrete and 700,000 tons of crushed stone.
LOWER LEFT PHOTO
Penstocks convey water from upper reservoir to six turbine-generators
in powerhouse. Steel pipes are each 28 feet in diameter, 1,300 feet
long.
LOWER RIGHT PHOTO
Lower Arbau slope paver can lay 500 tons of asphalt mix in a 12-hour
shift. Four of these units were built at a cost of $1,000,000.
Photos by Russ Miller, Jr.
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Pub. by Russ Miller Studio of Ludington, Mich. 49431
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