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To meet growing demands for electricity, the Columbia Water and Power Company constructed the Columbia Hydro Plant in 1896, replacing the 1894 power facility upstream. The plant provided power for city lights, trolleys and manufacturing plants. Still operating with its original turbines, it is owned by the City of Columbia and operated by SCG&E. The brick powerhouse contains seven turbine-generators with a total of 10,600 kilowatts, and produces about 48 million kilowatts per year.
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Columbia, South Carolina · United States
