Beauharnois generating station

{{Other uses|Beauharnois (disambiguation){{!}}Beauharnois}}

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| name = Beauharnois generating station

| image = Centrale de Beauharnois - 2014.jpg

| image_caption = The Beauharnois generating station in 2014.

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| dam_crosses = Saint Lawrence River

| location = Beauharnois, Quebec,
Canada

| dam_type = Gravity dam

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| construction_began = 1930

| opening = 1961

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| owner = Hydro-Québec

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| plant_turbines = 36

| plant_hydraulic_head = {{Convert|24.39|m|ft|2|abbr=on}}

| plant_capacity = 1,903 MW{{Designation list |embed=yes |designation1=NHSC |designation1_offname=Beauharnois Power Development National Historic Site of Canada |designation1_date=1990 }}

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| location_map = Canada Quebec Southern#Canada

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The Beauharnois generating station is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power station along the Saint Lawrence Seaway on the Saint Lawrence River, in Quebec, Canada. The station was built in three phases,{{Cite web|url=http://www.spghydro.com/sph_projects.php?proj_id=3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323074243/http://www.spghydro.com/sph_projects.php?proj_id=3|title=Beauharnois Power Plant|work=SPG Hydro International: Projects|archive-date=2012-03-23|access-date=2019-05-21|url-status=live}} and comprises 36 turbines, capable of generating up to {{nowrap|1,903 MW}} of electrical power. Constructions on the facility began in 1930 and was completed in 1961.{{Citation|title=Hydroelectric generating stations of HydroQuebec|url=http://www.hydroquebec.com/generation/centrale-hydroelectrique.html|access-date=2010-06-25}}

The facility was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1990.{{cite web|title=Beauharnois Power Development National Historic Site of Canada|url=http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/lhn-nhs/det_E.asp?oqSID=0600&oqeName=Beauharnois+Power+Development&oqfName=Centrale+hydro%2D%E9lectrique+de+Beauharnois|work=Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada|publisher=Parks Canada|access-date=5 March 2012}}

File:Beauharnois Construction Co - Turbines.jpg