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Gillam is a town on the Nelson River in northern Manitoba, Canada.It is situated between Thompson and Churchill on the Hudson Bay Railway line.. Many residents of Gillam are employed by Manitoba Hydro at one of their many facilities or support groups.
Limestone Generating Station is a run-of-the-river [1] hydroelectric dam on the Nelson River approximately 750 kilometres (470 mi) north of Winnipeg near Gillam, Manitoba.Part of the Nelson River Hydroelectric Project, Limestone was Manitoba Hydro's fifth and largest generating station to be built on the Nelson River.
English: One of the English Electric mercury arc valves (a kind of rectifier) used to convert electricity from alternating current to direct current at the Manitoba Hydro Radisson Converter Station in Gillam, Manitoba. As of 2004, all of the mercury arc valves have been replaced with thyristors.
It is located 6 km (4 mi) northwest of Gillam. As part of the Nelson River Hydroelectric Project, the power station was completed in 1973 and the last generator commissioned in 1974. It has an installed capacity of 1,220 megawatts (1,640,000 hp) and is the second largest power station in Manitoba. [2]
The station was built on Long Spruce Rapids. The site is approximately 27 kilometres (17 mi) east of Gillam, Manitoba and is 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) downstream of Manitoba Hydro's Kettle Generating Station. The dam is owned and operated by Manitoba Hydro. Its ten turbine-generator units give it a generating capacity of 1,010 megawatts (1,350,000 ...
Gillam station is a railway station stop in Gillam, Manitoba, Canada. The stop is served by Via Rail's Winnipeg – Churchill train. [2] [3] The 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-storey, wood-frame building was built in 1930 by the Canadian National Railway as a Class II station building. [4] The station building was designated a national heritage railway station in ...
Fox Lake Cree Nation (Cree: ᒪᐦᑫᓯᐤ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ, Makaso Sakahigan (mahkêsiw sâkahikan)) (formerly Gillam Band) is a First Nations band government whose reserve is located in Fox Lake, Bird, Manitoba, Canada. [2] The Fox Lake Training Centre, offers courses and programs delivered by the University College of the North.
The most important hydroelectric development in Manitoba is the 3,955-megawatt Nelson River Hydroelectric Project. Its 5 power stations produced 27.4 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2014-2015, meeting 75.7% of the provincial demand.