Novosibirsk Hydroelectric Station
Appearance
Novosibirsk Hydroelectric Station | |
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Official name | Новосибирская ГЭС |
Country | Russian Federation |
Location | Novosibirsk Oblast |
Purpose | Power |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | 1950 |
Opening date | 1957 |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Concrete |
Impounds | Ob River |
Height | 33 m (108 ft) |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Novosibirsk Reservoir |
Total capacity | 8.8 km3 |
Surface area | 1,070 km2 |
Maximum length | 200 km (124 mi) |
Maximum width | 17 km (10.5 mi) |
Installed capacity | 490 MW[1] |
Novosibirsk Hydroelectric Station (Russian: Новосибирская гидроэлектростанция) is a hydroelectric power plant on the Ob River. It is located in Sovetsky City District of Novosibirsk, Russia.
History
[edit]Construction began in 1950. The station was separately visited by Nikita Khrushchev[2] and Richard Nixon[3] in 1959.
Gallery
[edit]Shipping Canal
[edit]The Novosibirsk Shipping Canal is part of the hydroelectric power station.
References
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Categories:
- Hydroelectric power stations in Russia
- Dams in Russia
- Dams completed in 1959
- Dams on the Ob River
- Buildings and structures in Novosibirsk
- Sovetsky District, Novosibirsk
- Cultural heritage monuments of regional significance in Novosibirsk Oblast
- Hydroelectric power stations built in the Soviet Union
- 1950 establishments in the Soviet Union
- Hydroelectric power plant stubs
- Power station stubs
- Russian building and structure stubs