Thayer Creek Hydro Added
This was an interesting one (under construction). This is a very small power plant, the whole operation will cost about $1,200,000 ... tiny for power projects. The community of Angoon uses diesel generators for power. At the time of the plant's proposal, they were running 34 cents per kilowatt hour ... Washington, DC at that time was running 7 cents per kilowatt hour! Thayer Creek is a perfect location for their needs. Thayer Creek is located about 6 miles north of Angoon. About a mile up the creek is a very steep, rocky falls that salmon cannot use (naturally), so a dam on Thayer Creek would not hurt the salmon industry. To get the head pressure, the earthen breastwork dam has to be built above the falls. A 42" PVC pipe will carry the water from the dam down past the falls to the power plant. The locals must cut a trail along the creek up to the dam location and, using a small backhoe, construct an earthen breastwork. The trail will be used for access and for dragging logs. In our depiction, the facility is nearly ready. They are still clearing and burning brush, dragging out the logs (which helps pay for the operation), and are getting ready to start the turbines.
There are two places to land a helicopter, and a float plane dock. Unlike the "real" world, ORBX had the terrain here rising up to 200 feet near the coast, so the stream was running uphill. I changed all that cutting a canyon for the basin of the creek which made it all flow DOWN from Thayer Lake. This one was technically interesting to construct. (There are no windsocks, watch the smoke from the fires for wind direction).