
Readers of Albany’s proposed water master plan may get the feeling that the city’s historic water and electric plant on Vine Street is not long for this world.
Tags: Albany hydro, Albany water, Santiam Canal, Vine Street treatment plant
Readers of Albany’s proposed water master plan may get the feeling that the city’s historic water and electric plant on Vine Street is not long for this world.
Every time the bike and I climb up the steep Third Avenue Bridge from Bryant Way, I look off to my right to see if the Albany hydropower generator is turning. Lately it has been still, not moving at all.
Albany hydro: No power since April 2024
Albany’s small hydropower plant has been shut down for more than a year, which I didn’t discover until I asked about it this week. And I doubt it will ever operate again.
Tags: Albany hydro, Calapooia River, Santiam Canal, Third Avenue Bridge, Vine Street plant, water treatment plant