| Tinker Dam | |
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 Interactive map of Tinker Dam | |
| Country | Canada |
| Status | Operational |
| Opening date | 1923 |
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TheTinker Dam is ahydroelectricdam built inTinker on theAroostook River in theCanadian province ofNew Brunswick, and operated jointly byWPS Energy andNB Power. Its power house has a capacity of 34megawatts.
The dam and power house are collectively known as theTinker Generating Station. The dam is located inAroostook Junction, New Brunswick, immediately downstream ofFort Fairfield,Maine, and less than 1 km east of theCanada–United States border. The reservoir floods the Aroostook River valley into a portion of northeastern Maine. The dam was built in 1923 and the power house contains 5 hydroelectric units (1-5) which were placed in service between 1923 and 1965.
The Tinker Generating Station benefits from flow regulation upstream in Maine onMillinocket Lake and on the Aroostook River inSqua Pan. There are also control facilities and a power house canal located on the Maine side of the border.
The Tinker Generating Station was constructed as a joint project of the New Brunswick Electric Power Commission and the Maine Public Service. In 1999, the Maine Public Service sold its share of the plant to WPS Power Development, LLC ofDe Pere,Wisconsin. WPS Power Development operates in Canada under its subsidiary WPS Canada Generation, Inc.
The dam spans the river betweenAndover Parish on the south side, andGrand Falls Parish on the north side, both inVictoria County.
46°48′20.5″N67°46′24.9″W / 46.805694°N 67.773583°W /46.805694; -67.773583
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