The following article by Steve Brandt was published in the September 19, 2015 issue of the Star Tribune:

Crown Hydro Seeks New Site for Minneapolis Hydro Project

Photo: Jim Gehrz, Jm – Star Tribune

In its latest attempt to amend the federal hydro power license it was granted in 1999 but has never put to use, Crown Hydro wants to install its powerhouse at the upper end of the lock complex owned by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, then tunnel underground past the Stone Arch Bridge, at left, to release water downstream.

The hydroelectric project that Minneapolitans have wrestled with for two decades is back for a third try at St. Anthony Falls.

Crown Hydro is seeking to amend the federal hydro power license it was granted in 1999 but has never put to use. This time it wants to install its powerhouse at the upper end of the lock complex owned by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, then tunnel underground past the Stone Arch Bridge to release water downstream. Two previous proposals fizzled.

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