Carillon hydroelectric generating station

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| name = Carillon generating station

| image = Carillon Generating Station-2.jpg

| image_caption = The Carillon generating station and dam

| name_official = Centrale de Carillon

| dam_crosses = Ottawa River

| location = Saint-André-d'Argenteuil,
Quebec /
East Hawkesbury,
Ontario
Canada

| status = O

| dam_type = B

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| plant_hydraulic_head = {{Convert|17.99|m|ft|abbr=on}}

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| construction_began = 1959

| opening = 1962

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| owner = Hydro-Québec

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| res_surface = {{Convert|26|sqkm|mi2|0|abbr=on}}

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| plant_turbines = 14 × kaplan propeller-type turbines

| plant_capacity = 752 MW

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| location_map = Quebec

| location_map_size = 200

| coordinates = {{coord|45|34|07|N|74|23|01|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

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The Carillon generating station (in French: centrale de Carillon) is a hydroelectric power station on the Ottawa River near Carillon, Quebec, Canada. Built between 1959 and 1964, it is managed and operated by Hydro-Québec. It is a run-of-river generating station with an installed capacity of {{convert|752|MW}}, a head of {{convert|17.99|m|sp=us}}, and a reservoir of {{convert|26|km2|sqmi|sp=us}}.{{Cite web |url=http://www.hydroquebec.com/generation/hydroelectric/gatineau/carillon/index.html |title=Hydro-Québec Carillon Generating Station |access-date=2009-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060314075959/http://www.hydroquebec.com/generation/hydroelectric/gatineau/carillon/index.html |archive-date=2006-03-14 |url-status=dead }} The dam spans the river between Carillon and Pointe-Fortune, Quebec.

Upon completion, the dam raised the water level by over {{convert|62|ft}} at Carillon and over {{convert|9|ft}} at Grenville. This inundated the rapids of Long-Sault on the Ottawa River, transforming them into calm (deeper) water. The dam also includes a modern lock that facilitates traffic on the Ottawa River, superseding the Carillon Canal.{{cite web |url=http://grenville.ca/la-ville/canal/ |title=Canal |publisher=Village de Grenville |accessdate=2009-02-09 |language=French}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8607243/the_ottawa_journal/|title=Carillon power project going day and night|last=Lynch|first=Charles|newspaper=Ottawa Journal|date=2 November 1961|accessdate=27 January 2017}}

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