Cooke Hydroelectric Plant - Oscoda Township, Iosco County, Michigan, USA
N 44° 28.358 W 083° 34.321
17T E 295433 N 4927587
Cooke Dam is a hydro-electric dam on the Au Sable River in Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in August 2, 1996 as the Cooke Hydroelectric Plant.
Waymark Code: WM15FQ3
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 12/29/2021
Views: 2
From the Michigan State Historical Marker at the dam:
William Augustine Foote, a Jackson entrepreneur, built a series of hydroelectric plants along the Au Sable River with the help of his brother, electrical engineer James Berry Foote. The Footes enlisted the aid of civil engineer William Fargo and construction supervisor Grant Cochran, and in 1910 began constructing Cooke Hydroelectric Plant. The first of six hydros built on the lower Au Sable River, the plant opened the following year. Its 140,000-volt transmission line, (the highest voltage in use at that time) extended 125 miles to Flint. The facility was named for Andrew Cooke, a financier who accompanied the Footes on surveys of the Au Sable River and suggested this location for the plant.
Operational: yes
Type of power station: Conventional (dams)
Type of turbine: Other/Unknown
Operator: Consumers Energy
Visitor center: no
Date built: 01/01/1911
Generation capacity: 9 MW
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