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The unit 2 and 3 trash rack guides are under the winter hoardings and work continues to complete intake units 4 and 5. | March 2023
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Installing rebar on the approach channel wall for pouring concrete. | March 2023
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After concrete is poured, the approach channel wall is covered with winter hoardings to allow concrete to cure. | March 2023
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Workers regularly climb the 17-storey staircase at the centre block of the spillway headworks. | March 2023
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Installing the formwork to pour concrete on the west end of the approach channel wall. | March 2023
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Workers build an access walkway in advance of the next concrete pour for the auxiliary spillway. | March 2023
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The end wall of the auxiliary spillway as it transitions into the slurry wall. This is a trench filled with a concrete mix and rebar (slurry) down to bedrock to prevent water seepage. | March 2023
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Installing reinforcing steel on the auxiliary spillway. | March 2023
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Levelling of the zone 8 material on the upstream shell of the dam. | March 2023
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Working on the permanent debris boom. | March 2023
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Where the Moberly and Peace rivers meet upstream of the dam, the debris boom can be seen, along with the inlet portal where the river flows around the dam. | March 2023
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The spillway basin below the auxiliary spillway. | March 2023
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Installing reinforcing steel and formwork to pour concrete on penstock unit 5. Water will flow through six penstocks into the powerhouse to generate electricity. | March 2023
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This gantry crane lifts the intake gates. It is on rails to allow movement between intake units 1 through 6. | March 2023
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Equipment is brought to the main service bay in the powerhouse to be used for installation. | March 2023
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The centre section of unit 3 rotor assembly is in the main service bay of the powerhouse ahead of installation. | March 2023
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The asphalt and sub-base gravel from the original section of Farrell Creek on Highway 29 has been broken and hauled away to be ground and re-used in future road construction. | March 2023
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South-facing view of the Farrell Creek bridge on Highway 29 where the original highway section has been removed and coarse woody debris will be spread. | March 2023
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Water from the Peace River will flow down the approach channel on the far right and exit the Site C dam downstream. | March 2023
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Construction of the approach channel wall. | March 2023
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Water will flow through these six penstocks down into the powerhouse, where it will turn the turbines to make electricity. | March 2023
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Water will flow down the approach channel (left) and down through the six penstocks (centre) into the generating station. | March 2023
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A downstream view of the approach channel. | March 2023
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The spillways are an important safety feature, as they allow the passage of large volumes of water from the reservoir into the river channel downstream. | March 2023
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At the permanent upstream fish passage, migrating fish will be sorted, tagged, and released past the dam site. | March 2023
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Water will exit the generating station to the tailrace and flow downstream. At left, construction is underway on the spillways. | March 2023
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There are six turbine generator units inside the powerhouse. Unit 1 is in the foreground, where the upper bracket is installed. | March 2023
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The stator bar is installed for the Unit 2 generator inside the powerhouse. The stator converts the rotating magnetic field into an electrical current. | March 2023
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Workers connect a crane to lift the second turbine runner. There will be six turbine runners, each weighing about 165,000 kilograms. | March 2023
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A crane is connected to a lifting device to install the second turbine runner. The runner is the heaviest single project component. | March 2023
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