Hydro
Power on the Mississippi
Hydro Green Energy's Hastings,
Minn., project
Free Flow Power
Hydro power plants on the Upper Mississippi River
Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Upper St. Anthony Falls
12 megawatts, Xcel Energy
Upper St. Anthony Falls
2.7 megawatts, Xcel Energy
Abandoned, no longer in service
Lower St. Anthony Falls
8 megawatts, Xcel Energy
Plant destroyed, no longer in service
Lock and Dam 1
16 megawatts, Ford Motor Co., in process of being
sold to Brookfield
Lock and Dam 2
4 megawatts, City of Hastings, Minn.
Lock and Dam 19
135 megawatts, Union Electric
Pool 15
Two hydro plants
6.5 megawatts, Arsenal (U.S. Army Corps) Moline (private)
dams
Starved Rock Lock & Dam
Illinois River
8.6 megawatts, City of Peru, Ill.
Lockport Lock & Dam
Illinois River
12 megawatts, Lockport Powerhouse, City of Chicago |
Restaurant
Reviews
Harbor View Cafe and the Pickle Factory
in Pepin, Wis.
New
Book:
Great Minnesota Fish
Adventures on the Big River
Visit our River
Trips page for links to boaters
travelling downriver in assorted unusual craft
Apples- A Seasonal Feast
Upper Mississippi apples
and orchards
All
About Apples
U of Minn. apples
The
Flower Scans of Richard Pearce
The Flora of the Upper Mississippi |
