The Ohio Falls Hydroelectric Station at Louisville, Kentucky

This paper is a description of the Ohio Falls Hydroelectric Station at Louisville, Ky. The development is a low-head, run-of-river plant and a combined navigation and power dam. The dam is a part of the U. S. Government Ohio River canalization project. Eight units, with a total installed capacity of 105,000 hp. operate on a maximum head of 37 ft. and deliver power to the systems of the Louisville Gas and Electric Company. Several novel electrical features are embodied in the design of this plant. Both automatic and supervisory control equipment is employed and is housed in closed steel cabinets. A miniature switchboard with complete control and supervision of each unit on a panel four in. wide is another new idea that is used in station control.