Art Resource - AR910732

Building of the Volkhovsky Hydroelectric Station, Russia, 1922. Artist: Pyotr Otsup

AR910318

Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric station, USSR, 1970s.

Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric station, USSR, 1970s. Built on the Yenisei River in southern Siberia, the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectic plant is the sixth largest hydrolectric plant in the world by average power generation. Construction began in 1968 and was completed in 1978. The power station suffered a severe accident in August 2009 when a turbine failed, causing the turbine hall and engine room to flood, killing 75 workers. Found in the collection of the State Museum of History, Moscow.

Unique Identifier AR910732

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 4820px × 3626px

Photo Credit HIP / Art Resource, NY

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