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Workers operate a crane to lift a turbine rotary wheel, weighing 144.5 tons, to place it onto a barge for its further transportation to the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station at a river port on the Yenisei River, near Krasnoyarsk, Russia, on August 3.
Reuters reports:
Three new rotary wheels produced for the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station, which was seriously damaged in August 2009, have been transported from St. Petersburg through the Arctic Ocean and up the Yenisei river to reach the settlement of Cheryomushki in the Republic of Khakassia, a journey of about 5,900 km (3,666 miles), according to local media.
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Workers are seen on a spillway under construction at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station near the settlement of Cheryomushki June 1, 2010. The spillway is intended to dump the water in the power station's reservoir that is held by a dam over 200 metres (656 feet) high.
A massive turbine broke apart at this facility in 2009. It was a deadly accident with a major impact on the local power grid. The Big Picture blog covered the story in pictures on this page.
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