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By Bernard Fisher, March 31, 2013
Headgate Cleaner
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| 1 ► Virginia, Richmond, Belle and Mayo Islands — Headgate Cleaner — Reported permanently removed |
| Water leading to the power plant was kept clean by passing it through slats in the headgate called trash racks. Bits of wood can wear away the edges of turbine blades and make them unbalanced. Repair was complicated and expensive. This . . . — — Map (db m270224) HM | |||
| 2 ► Virginia, Richmond, Belle and Mayo Islands — Headgate — Reported permanently removed |
| The river brings logs and debris with every flood, but clear water is needed to push the turbine blades that turn electric generators. Logs were floated away through the gate in the dam straight ahead. (Look under the wheel.) Small debris was . . . — — Map (db m270225) HM | |||