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Bath
County Pump Storage Power Station Tour
UPDATE: As
of 07/26/07 all 20 slots for the Bath County Power Station tour
/ ride are now spoken for. I've started a reserve list and am still
responding to each request I receive. As of now, I have four people
on the reserve list. If I have any slots open up before I leave
for the National, I'll email the people on the reserve list, in
the order in which I received their requests, to see if they're
still interested. I'll also bring the reserve list with me to the
National in case we get any last minute cancellations.
- Maximum Number
of People: 20
- Date: Tuesday,
August 7, 2007
- Depart: 7:15
a.m. sharp - from the Canaan Valley Lodge parking lot. Come gassed
up and having already eaten breakfast.
- Bath County
Power Station Tour: 10:00 a.m. - 12 noon
- Cost: The
plant tour is free. You will need money for lunch and gas only
- Lunch: around
1:00 p.m. - Country Café, Hot Springs, VA- good food, reasonable
prices, home made pies (Mmmm Mmm)
- Route: Direct
route - about 231 miles round trip
Scenic route - about 261 miles round trip
Route sheets will be provided
- Tour Guide:
Clyde Watson (Clyde's email is on the rally
committee page)
A bit about
the power station
The Bath County Pump Storage power station is a peak electric generating
station that was, at the time it came on line in December 1985,
the largest facility of it's kind in the country. It consists of
two reservoirs, a powerhouse containing six turbine generators and
other related facilities needed for generating and transporting
energy. Each of the six Allis - Chalmers pump turbines have a maximum
pumping power of 563,400 HP (the new Concours14 has about 175 HP
at the crank), and combined can provide more than 2,100,000 kw of
peak generating capacity. Additional information about the station
can be found at the following web site:
http://www.dom.com/about/stations/hydro/bath.jsp
A bit about
the route
As impressive as the station is, what'll impress you even more are
the roads and the scenery to and from. We'll pass through some of
the most scenic areas offered up by the great states of Virginia
and West Virginia, all the while traversing some wonderful, little
traveled roads.
96 miles - Canaan
Valley Resort Lodge to Bath Co. Power Station
28 miles - Power Station to Country Café for lunch (Hot Springs,
VA)
107 miles - Direct route back from Hot Springs to Canaan Valley
Lodge
231 miles
96 miles - Canaan
Valley Resort Lodge to Bath Co. Power Station
28 miles - Power Station to Country Café (Hot Springs, VA)
137 miles - Scenic route back from Hot Springs to Canaan Valley
Lodge
261 miles
Download
the route sheet >>
Either route
will provide a pretty full day of riding. We'll only average 45-50
mph on many of these roads. Bring a rain suit. This time of year,
we're subject to afternoon thunderstorms. Watch for the critters.
They be everywhere.
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