100 years old Hydro Power Plant

Year 1908, There isn’t yet a hint of the First World War and the followed it revolution. The economy of the Russian Empire is rising. The metallurgical plant in neighboring Satka city has already been working for 150 years and the Uralian part of the Trans-Siberian Railway has already been finished. In such favorable conditions, the aristocratic family of Mordvinovs decides to build a unique for those times enterprise – a power station and a plant in one bunch.

Imported bricks were only used in joints and window and door openings. It is convenient and extremely beautiful. This is, for example, the house of a mining engineer.

The power station and the plant were built parallel to each other. Three hydropower units, modern French electric arc furnaces… At that time, the construction of the HPP located somewhere in the Uralian backwoods was the peak of engineering.









Even now this old thing produces half a megawatt. For a simple comparison: an ordinary auto service with two large workshops for 5 cars each needs 8-10 kilowatts. It means that it can power about 50 services! As for the time when the HPP was in operation, it produced 1.3 MW. That was enough not only for the plant but also two neighboring villages.





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