The Huron Expositor, 1972-04-06, Page 9xposittat
mond Section, Pages 9- 16
I SEAFORTH2 ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIV, 1972 —
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Suggested. power. line route
Plot path through McKillop
for added transmission lines
',Power from the Douglas
Point nuclear 'power development
will flow to the Seaforth trans-
former station -With the , corn-
pletion of additional transmission
lines which Ontario Hydro of-
ficials have announced. •
No firm progress dates have
been • suggested. but-officials: said
first power is expected In 1975
with completion in 1979.
At a meeting in Wingham
some months ago, Hydro repres-
entatives outlined the overall plan
Since that time detailed discuss-
ions have been held with the
townshipS concerned regarding
details of" the proposed trans-
mission lines.
They will carry power from the
site of the new Bruce nuclear
feet wide.
The third section, 25 miles
long, to carry a' single tower
line, will extend from the wing-
ham transformer station to
Hydro's existing Seaforth trans-
former station. It will be 120
feet wide 4 and the right of way
will extend across 'Morris and
McKillop townships to, the trans-
former station, east of Seaforth
In Tiickersm., h.
Shown here is the proposed
route of the line through McKil-
lop township to the Seaforth
transformer station in Tucker-
sm ith.
The new Bruce station is to
generate 3,200,000 kilowatts from
four nuclear units.
pow'er deyelopment into the pro-
vincial power grid and pro=
vide additional service needed
in the Seaforth area.
Rights-of-way of varying
widths and lengths will link up
with a 500,000-volt network now
being expanded across southern
Ontario:- --- -
First section of the new litre
will. run in a southeasterly dir-
ection 16 miles from the Bruce
site to Bradley Junction. The
right-of-way needed is 1,255feet
in width.
The line then turns south to
Wingham, a distance of about
27 miles. It will 'link up with a
new transformer station to be
built east of Wingham and the
right-of-way needed will be 610