The Belle Isle Hydro-electric plant in Richmond, Virginia sat on cliffs carved by both nature and man. For over 64 years, its machinery harnessed the power of the James River to generate electricity. However, Hurricane Camille's powerful winds in 1969 damaged the plant beyond repair, shutting it down permanently. With the plant closed, the river was no longer a threat to young fish unable to survive being pulled into the generators.
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Petitions of the Kinsman Transit Company, as Owner and Operator of the Steamer MacGilvray Shiras, and of Midland Steamship Line, Inc., as Owner and Operator of the Steamer Michael K. Tewksbury, Their Engines, Etc., for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability, City of Buffalo, Claimant-Respondent-Appellant, Kelley Island New York Corporation, Claimants-Appellees, 338 F.2d 708, 2d Cir. (1964)
The Belle Isle Hydro-electric plant in Richmond, Virginia sat on cliffs carved by both nature and man. For over 64 years, its machinery harnessed the power of the James River to generate electricity. However, Hurricane Camille's powerful winds in 1969 damaged the plant beyond repair, shutting it down permanently. With the plant closed, the river was no longer a threat to young fish unable to survive being pulled into the generators.
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The Belle Isle Hydro-electric plant in Richmond, Virginia sat on cliffs carved by both nature and man. For over 64 years, its machinery harnessed the power of the James River to generate electricity. However, Hurricane Camille's powerful winds in 1969 damaged the plant beyond repair, shutting it down permanently. With the plant closed, the river was no longer a threat to young fish unable to survive being pulled into the generators.
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The Belle Isle Hydro-electric plant in Richmond, Virginia sat on cliffs carved by both nature and man. For over 64 years, its machinery harnessed the power of the James River to generate electricity. However, Hurricane Camille's powerful winds in 1969 damaged the plant beyond repair, shutting it down permanently. With the plant closed, the river was no longer a threat to young fish unable to survive being pulled into the generators.
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on gnarled weathered slopes. sculpted by man and nature ts machinery began to rotate over a century ago,
64 years it ran, a distant storm named Camille Like a meteor entering earth parts of it impacts twice on the Gulf Mexico and in the James River Physics runs the waterwheel Physics with a blow turns the wheel to never align again The river weaves threads of water and particles Ensnaring the generators
The river reclaims the lease no more infant striper and shad torn to bits before they can grow to spawn
Trains of fossil fuels rumble by On the wall the switch is set to CLOSED, permanently; The walls crumble with the echoes of the fishermen on the rocks below
Petitions of the Kinsman Transit Company, as Owner and Operator of the Steamer MacGilvray Shiras, and of Midland Steamship Line, Inc., as Owner and Operator of the Steamer Michael K. Tewksbury, Their Engines, Etc., for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability, City of Buffalo, Claimant-Respondent-Appellant, Kelley Island New York Corporation, Claimants-Appellees, 338 F.2d 708, 2d Cir. (1964)