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penstock [′pen‚stäk] (civil engineering) A valve or sluice gate for regulating water or sewage flow. (engineering) A closed water conduit controlled by valves and located between the intake and the turbine in a hydroelectric plant. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It turned out that the penstock area hadn't been fortified with enough structural steel. As water from the Owens Valley began to make its way to Los Angeles, pulled by gravity through massive pipes called penstocks, Mulholland realized the force of the water could be harnessed at plants along the aqueduct route and used to generate electricity. The strangest place I have ever stood, in a fortunate life that has taken me to such ulterior locales as the freight-loading docks of Dar es Salaam and the cloakroom of the United States Congress, was a penstock at the LaGrande Two hydroelectric power complex near the Arctic Circle in Quebec. |
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