Beaumont Generating Station

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Beaumont Generating Station
HQ - Centrale Beaumont 1.jpg
View of the Central Beaumont
Country Canada
Location La Tuque, Mauricie, Québec
Coordinates 47°33′20″N72°50′12″W / 47.55556°N 72.83667°W / 47.55556; -72.83667
StatusOperational
Construction began1958
Opening date1958-1959
Owner(s)Hydro-Québec
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Gravity dam
Impounds Saint-Maurice River
Height37.8 m (124 ft)
Height (foundation)52
Length489 m (1,604 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity2
Catchment area 28526
Surface area500 ha (1,200 acres)
Normal elevation193
Power Station
Operator(s) Hydro-Québec
Type Francis
Turbines 6
Installed capacity 270 MW

Beaumont Generating Station is a hydroelectric dam built on the Saint-Maurice River, in Zec de La Croche, in upper Mauricie, Quebec, Canada. This hydroelectric dam is located between La Trenche generating station and La Tuque generating station. It is the fifth dam from the head of the river, among 11. Unlike the other hydroelectric plants on the river, which took the name from the rapids or falls they drowned, the Central Beaumont was named for Robert J. Beaumont, the former president of the Shawinigan Water & Power Company. [1]

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  1. "Commission de toponymie du Québec - Banque des noms de lieux - Barrage Beaumont".