The Whiting hydropower plant in Portage County, Wisconsin is the oldest hydroelectric facility in the United States. The Consolidated Water Power owned plant became operational in 1891 and has a generation capacity of 6.3 megawatts.
Ranking of the oldest hydroelectric power facilities in the United States as of 2020, by year of first operation
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Hydropower in the U.S.HydroSource. (April 1, 2020). Ranking of the oldest hydroelectric power facilities in the United States as of 2020, by year of first operation [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 29, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/783966/oldest-us-hydropower-plants/
HydroSource. "Ranking of the oldest hydroelectric power facilities in the United States as of 2020, by year of first operation." Chart. April 1, 2020. Statista. Accessed April 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/783966/oldest-us-hydropower-plants/
HydroSource. (2020). Ranking of the oldest hydroelectric power facilities in the United States as of 2020, by year of first operation. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/783966/oldest-us-hydropower-plants/
HydroSource. "Ranking of The Oldest Hydroelectric Power Facilities in The United States as of 2020, by Year of First Operation." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Apr 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/783966/oldest-us-hydropower-plants/
HydroSource, Ranking of the oldest hydroelectric power facilities in the United States as of 2020, by year of first operation Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/783966/oldest-us-hydropower-plants/ (last visited April 29, 2024)
Ranking of the oldest hydroelectric power facilities in the United States as of 2020, by year of first operation [Graph], HydroSource, April 1, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/783966/oldest-us-hydropower-plants/