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Site C Construction - Winter 2020-21
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An excavator sources material for the Lynx Creek section of Highway 29, January 2021. As the longest segment of highway to be realigned, the eight-kilometre Lynx Creek segment includes a new bridge, causeway, and embankment.
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The upstream and downstream cofferdams seal off the Peace River and direct water through two diversion tunnels, February 2021. BC Hydro recently completed the upstream cofferdam to its final elevation, approximately 24 metres high above the riverbed.
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Aerial view of five of six penstocks under construction, February 2021. A penstock is a large steel pipe in a hydroelectric generating station that brings water from the reservoir to a turbine.
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Crews pour concrete at the lower level spillway gates. The dam spillways will allow the passage of large volumes of water from the reservoir into the river channel downstream. (February 2021)
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Aerial view of the Halfway River bridge, February 2021.
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Crews at the Halfway River bridge use a survey buggy to measure the angle of the bridge girders before installing the bridge deck, February 2021. All 12 bridge piers are complete and steel girders are being installed on top.
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Halfway River bridge girder installation is underway, February 2021. When complete, the new bridge will be one kilometre long.
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Crews drill piles for pier 1 of the Farrell Creek bridge, February 2021. Construction is underway on the new highway segment and bridge at Farrell Creek.
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Intake units 1 and unit 3 are nearing completion as part of the ongoing powerhouse construction, February 2021.
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Removing material from between the downstream and upstream cofferdams, February 2021. Both cofferdams completely seal off the Peace River so that work on the earthfill dam can begin.
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Delivery and storage area for rip-rap used at the upstream cofferdam, February 2021. The upstream cofferdam has been completed.
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An aerial view of the downstream coffer dam at Site C, January 2021. Both the upstream and downstream cofferdams have been installed across the river and interlocking steel pile walls have been completed.
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Halfway River bridge construction where the final girders will connect pier 12 to the eastern bridge abutment, January 2021.
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Construction of the shoreline protection at Hudson’s Hope, January 2021.
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The runner is the rotating part of a turbine that converts the gravitational energy of falling water into mechanical energy, which then spins a generator to produce clean hydroelectric power.
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An aerial view of the Site C penstocks and intakes under construction, January 2021.
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An aerial view of the Site C powerhouse, penstocks and intakes, January 2021.
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Construction continues on building the upstream cofferdam to its final elevation, January 2021.
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All 12 piers for the Halfway River bridge are now complete and steel girders are being installed on top.
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Crews prepare an interlocking steel pile for drilling at the downstream cofferdam. Both the upstream and downstream cofferdams have been installed across the river and interlocking steel pile walls have been completed, January 2021.
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Aerial view of the approach channel excavation works, January 2021.
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Breaking and piling the confined river ice along the left bank between the upstream and downstream cofferdams, January 2021.
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The first turbine runner was transported from Prince Rupert to site in mid-January, where it sits in storage until its installation next year.
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The first turbine runner arrived at the Site C project on January 17, 2021, after traveling by ship from São Paulo, Brazil. The 170-tonne runner was shipped to Prince Rupert and then transported to site by truck, January 2021.
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Unit 1 turbine runner arrives at Site C after travelling from Sao Paulo, Brazil, by ship to Prince Rupert, and transported on a customized truck to the project site, January 2021.
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Unit 1 turbine runner is transported onto site. It is the heaviest unassembled single project component weighing 170 tonnes; and is roughly eight metres wide and five metres tall, January 2021.
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Aerial shot of turbine runner in transit on site, January 2021.
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Unit 1 turbine runner parked at the Hungry Hill rest stop outside Houston, B.C., January 2021.
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The construction of a 2.6-kilometre-long berm to protect the shoreline of Hudson's Hope is underway, December 2020.
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An aerial view of the Highway 29 Farrell Creek alignment and work area where construction is continuing on the new highway and bridge, December 2020.
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The west facing section of the Farrell Creek alignment on Highway 29, December 2020.
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Halfway River bridge facing east as construction of a 1,042-metre-long bridge continues, December 2020.
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Halfway River bridge looking west as steel bridge girders are lifted into place using two large cranes, December 2020.
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Upstream view showing the spillway with stilling basin weirs and the powerhouse and generating station, December 2020.
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