Watery Wednesday – Idaho Falls

The family just got back from a visit to Idaho Falls, Idaho to visit my father. We had a pretty good time visiting and sightseeing.

One of the nice things about Idaho Falls are the.. , well the Falls.

The Snake River has a natural falls there. The City of Idaho Falls has captured some of that natural elevation difference and diverts some of the water through a bulb turbine to generate electricity. The city has generated electricity off the river since 1900. Presently the three bulb generators produce about 100 million kilowatt hours of electricity annually from the nineteen foot elevation across the Falls.

But there is plenty of water for the Falls. If it were anywhere else it might be a tourist attraction in itself but tourists who Idaho Falls are in a lather to get to the nearby Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton Park so they whiz right be the Falls.

They are missing out is what I say.

8 thoughts on “Watery Wednesday – Idaho Falls

  1. Sylvia K

    Welcome home!! Hope you had a good visit with your Dad! I do love your photos and I do love the water falls!! They are so beautiful!!

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