A Trip to Fossil Springs Almost

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A Trip to Fossil Springs - Almost
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Area Map
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Wildlife off of FR 708
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The Drive to the Trail Head
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Starting the Hike
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• Some Facts About
• Fossil Springs
• Constant flow about 40-48 cubic feet a second or
  about 20,000 gallons a minute
• The water is about 72 degrees farhenheit when it
  come from the ground
• It got the name Fossil because of the
  Travertine rock formations that form from the
  high levels of Calcium Carbonate in the water.

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How a Hydroelectric Facility Works

• At a hydroelectric plant such as Childs-Irving,
  the energy of water being drawn by gravity powers
  generators that produce electricity
• Water from Fossil Creek is dammed and channeled
  into a flume which carries the water to the
  penstock, a pipe that can withstand great water
  pressure.
• Water in the penstock flows down a steep hill to
  the powerhouse, thereby increasing the water
  pressure.
• At the powerhouse, control devices regulate the
  flow of this pressurized water.
• The water, under pressure, drives a turbine,
  which in turn powers the generator that produces
  electricity.
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The Flume

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The Dam
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Inside the Power Plant

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