Hydro Electric Turbine

<center>Cast Iron • Rotation Speed 100 <small>RPM</small><br> Weight 15 Tons • 4,500 Horsepower</center><br> This is one of four turbines Ford Motor Company installed 1924 at the hydro electric plant located below this lookout. The turbines were replaced between 1992 and 1994 after 70 years of service. This one water driven turbine produced over 1,341,776,000 kilowatt hours <small>(KWH)</small> of electricity in its liftime. This offset the burning of 286,000 tons of coal and avoided 470,000 pounds of particulates, 4,589,000 pounds of sulphur dioxide and 5,340,000 pounds of nitrogen oxide.