End Of The Road Traditional Cache
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A small cache and a long drive which is why it is rated a 4, SUV 4 x 4 recommended but it can be done in a two wheel drive vehicle but a bit of ground clearance is needed.
Although in July, 1974 the Twin Falls plant was closed and the water diverted into the Smallwood Reservoir the road network in the area is still maintained for dyke maintenance and is popular with hunters, birdwatchers, 4 x 4 owners and now Geocachers. Get ready for a nice couple of hours drive, do bring a lunch, camera and let someone know where you are going. The cache, an aspirin bottle hung above ground, is located at the end of the road and the towers that deliver the hydro power from Churchill Falls are visible, lots of great picnic or camping spots available.
Brinco (British Newfoundland Corporation) created the Twin Falls Power Corporation in the late 50's to deliver power 185 kilometers west in partnership with the two mining operations, Wabush Mines Limited and the Iron Ore Company of Canada, being developed near the Labrador-Quebec border.
Construction of the Twin Falls power station began in 1960. It was located at the base of a 300 ft high dry river canyon, adjacent to the Unknown River, a tributary of the Churchill River that drains the central Labrador basin and flows into Lake Melville and the Atlantic Ocean.. The river was dammed at Twin Falls, 53 metre high, to form a reservoir (Ossokmanuan Reservoir), raising the water to the height of the old channel's escarpment.
When finished in 1963, the station had a total capacity of 225 MW with two 184 km long transmission lines at 230,000 volts (or 230 Kv), with remote switching at the far end from the station. It was a masterpiece of hydro engineering constructed at a cost of $47.5 million (1963).
Twin Falls power was essential to the later power development at Churchill Falls. It helped open up the area and supplied the power required during the construction phase of the project. In the planning however, it became apparent that greater efficiency in the production of electricity could be achieved by diverting the flow of water from the Ossokmanuan Reservoir into the Smallwood Reservoir. Utilizing this water at the Churchill Falls plant enabled approximately three times as much electricity to be produced from the same volume of water.
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Rnfvre sebz gur gbc, qba'g snyy bire.
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