Colorado firm awarded The Dalles Dam generator rewind contract.PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 3, 1995--The Portland District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, awarded a $1.6 million contract on Sept. 28 to GEC GEC Gaseous Electronics Conference GEC Gigabit EtherChannel GEC Geriatric Education Center (US government; HRSA) GEC General Electric Co. GEC Google Earth Community (online community) Alstrohn Electromechanical The use of electricity to run moving parts. Disk drives, printers and motors are examples. Electromechanical systems must be designed for the eventual deterioration of moving components that wear over time. The first TVs were electromechanical systems (see video/TV history). Corp., Aurora, Colo., to rewind an electrical generator This article is about machines that produce electricity. For other uses, see Generator. “Dynamo” redirects here. For other uses, see Dynamo (disambiguation). at The Dalles dalles pl.n. The rapids of a river that runs between the steep precipices of a gorge or narrow valley. [French, pl. of dalle, gutter, from Old French, from Old Norse dæla.] Dam. Work under the contract is the beginning of a four-year rehabilitation project at The Dalles Dam on the Columbia River at The Dalles. Rewind of unit 9 is scheduled to be completed by December 1996. The contract includes an $8.07 million option to complete rewinds on five other generating units at The Dalles. That work is scheduled for completion by September 2000. The Dalles Dam was constructed in the 1950s and began operations in 1957. It generates enough electricity to light two cities the size of Portland for one year. The Dalles Dam produced more than $120 million in power revenues in 1994 which were returned to the federal treasury. CONTACT: Mike Allegre, 503/326-6005 |
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