Hydro Update

Work is progressing on the hydro project.  Lots of prep work to be done before the actual construction of the components begins.  

We are upgrading the roads to the turbine house and up to the intake dam site. 
The bobcat with the dozer blade works well for this.  

Things are progressing quickly on the generator house.  The pillars for the
roof will be up shortly and we will pour the cement floor.  We hope to
 have it completed in three weeks or so.  

This is the penstock pipe track.  It is two km long running from the intake
 dam to the turbine house.  Digging of the track has been finished.  

The work to build the intake dam began this week.  Pipes were place in the
stream bed to allow the flow from the stream to pass through the dam.  These
pipes will be sealed after the dam is completed.  A large steel shutter
will be built into the dam to allow the lake to be drained for cleaning when needed.  

This is the stone quarry where the stones for the dam are dug and shaped. 
They are moved a few hundred meters to the dam site.   

The unimog is used to carry the stones up to the dam site.