Gardner Falls Hydroelectric Tailrace #2 Repair Project

Replacement of turbine Unit #2, originally installed in 1904, at the Gardner Falls Hydroelectric Facility located on the Deerfield River in the town of Buckland, MA.

Client:		Essential Power Massachusetts LLC
Designer:		Kleinschmidt
Size:		3.5 MW

 

Project Features

• Support of excavation system and underpinning systems.
• Excavation support system consisted of drilled-in minipiles and timber lagging.
• New 72″ diameter steel tailrace pipe.
• Removal of damaged pipe sections.
• Concrete demolition.
• New concrete slab at the generator floor.
• Removal of two temporary steel bulkheads.
• Site grading and seeding on the exterior of the powerhouse.