Article ID: CBB954818535

Safety and Showmanship: Corporate Requirements for the Hardy Hydroelectric Plant (2000)

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Consumers Power Company began building dams and hydroelectric plants in Michigan before 1900. The late 1920s found the company planning a peak-load plant requiring a large reservoir. The proposed 100-foot-high dam exceeded by 30 feet any other Consumers Power embankment, a significant increase for a system of lowhead dams. All agreed that the project could be a showpiece, but engineers and executives argued over specifics. They weighed designs for an outsized version of small regional dams against plans for larger embankments built in the West. Resolution of the debate reflects the role that technological conservatism and corporate identity play in solving engineering dilemmas.

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Authors & Contributors
Reynolds, Terry S.
Spadavecchia, Anna
Gray Fitzsimons
James W. Hanscom
Nicholas Lehmann
Marcia Chatelain
Concepts
Industrial archaeology
Business history
Business enterprises
Hydroelectric power
Design
Electricity and Electrical Power
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
Modern
Places
United States
Canada
Lachine Canal
Seattle (Washington, U.S.)
Michigan (U.S.)
Great Britain
Institutions
U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record
McDonald's Corporation
William Sellers
Quincy Mining Company
Morgan Stanley
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