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:: ''Not to be confused with the Illinois politician Frank D. Comerford (1879-1929).'' Frank D. Comerford Dam is an International Style concrete dam in the Fifteen Mile Falls of the Connecticut River, on the border between the U.S. states of New Hampshire and Vermont.〔(Plymouth State News )〕 The dam is near Monroe, New Hampshire. Construction began in 1928 and was completed in 1931. The dam and the power plant are operated by the TransCanada Corp.〔(Subsidiaries of TransCanada )〕 Comerford Reservoir is the reservoir created behind the dam, named after Frank D. Comerford, president of the Connecticut River Power Company and the New England Power Company. Hydroelectric power plants have the ability to vary the amount of power generated, depending on the demand. Steam turbine power plants are not as easily "throttled" because of the amount of thermodynamic inertia contained in their systems. ==Geology== In what would become the Connecticut River, running water wore out a rocky gorge to deep in pre-glacial days. The result was a gentle gradient, to the . The drop is over . The area was called "Fifteen Mile Falls." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frank D. Comerford Dam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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