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Hardy Hydroelectric Plant

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Area 18
Locations Big Prairie Township
Newaygo
County, Michigan
Year built1931
Turbines1 x 11. 5 MW, 2 x 10 MW Francis-type
Hydraulic head99 ft (30 m)
Dam volume1,500,000 cu yd (1,100,000 m3)
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID1261251
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About Hardy Hydroelectric Plant


Hardy Dam is an earth-filled embankment dam and powerplant complex on the Muskegon River in Big Prairie Township, Newaygo County, Michigan. At the time of its completion, it was the largest earthen dam in North America east of the Mississippi. Its impoundment forms a lake with over 50 miles of shoreline.

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