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Lightning Spurs Hydro Rehab

by Reynold A. Hokenson, (M.ASCE), Assoc.; R.W. Beck & Associates, Fourth & Blanchard Bldg., 2121 Fourth Ave., Seattle, WA 98121,


Serial Information: Civil Engineering—ASCE, 1988, Vol. 58, Issue 5, Pg. 69-71


Document Type: Feature article

Abstract:

In 1986, a bolt of lightning hit the Upriver Hydro Project in Spokane, Washington and tripped the plant off line. The event triggered a series of events that included an undermining of one of the powerhouses when embankment structures were breached by the Spokane River. The mishap led to an $11 million fast-track rehab of the powerhouse. But the accident might not have happened had some fundamental flaws in the design of the freeboard been corrected.

Subject Headings: Rehabilitation | Power plants | Rivers and streams | Project management | Bolts | Accidents

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