A 672-megawatt dam in Canada runs six turbines set in concrete that has been swelling from the inside for about 40 years, up to a fifth of an inch a year, knocking their shafts out of plumb, so engineers keep sawing slots through it with diamond wire - Autonocion.com
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Susan Holt, the premier of New Brunswick, says the Mactaquac Generating Station often gets called “the battery of the Maritimes.”
But if you’ve ever found an old phone in a drawer with its case bulging open, you might hear that nickname a little differently… Because this battery’s been swelling for about 40 years.
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