Revelstoke Dam - Inside The Dam & Powerhouse, Power Generation Infrastructure In BC

Revelstoke Dam, it is a concrete gravity dam on the Columbia River. BC Hydro owns and operates the facility. It is part of a larger power generation and flood control complex in the province.
The dam is one in a series for flood control during spring runoff and heavy rain as well as for power generation. The dams resevior is fed by the discharge of the Mica dam and kinbaskett lake up the big bend of the columbia.
We explore the inside of the dam and powerhouse. The dam is an active site, but it is also a visitor center. There is much to see about the dam how it works. You can go to the top of the dam and look out at the beautiful Columbia River Valley and big bend country!
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[@davetscantech]

Did a bunch of door security work in this dam, Mica dam, Bennett Dam etc, we were fortunate enough to be able to in all the places most can’t in the dams, pretty amazing seeing all the tunnels

[@heronimousbrapson863]

Those wouldn't be commutator bars, those are the rotor coils fed with dc current through slip rings from the exciter. The three-phase ac is generated on the stator coils.

[@otool]

Been a dam minute since I’ve been out there.

[@paulavery366]

Why no lower-level discharge tubes for lower water operation?

[@davebloggs]

I went there a few years back. but sadly we were not allowed to take any photos beyond the entrance gate,

[@recklessbehaviour01]

How did you manage to get video. I wasn’t even allowed a phone in there

[@paulavery366]

Why no fish ladders?