The Mactaquac Dam is an embankment dam used to generate hydroelectricity in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It dams the waters of the Saint John River and is operated by NB Power with a capacity to generate 653 megawatts of electricity from 6 turbines; this represents 20 percent of New Brunswick's power demand.
Read more about Mactaquac Dam: Location, Construction, Flooding of The Mactaquac Headpond
Famous quotes containing the word dam:
“The devil take one party and his dam the other!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)