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Seen here, in the turbine gallery of Hungry Horse Dam, is  the shaft of one of the four 105,000 horsepower turbines which drove the generators when the dam was completed. The huge steel shaft revolved at 180 revolutions per minute and was 34 inches in diameter with a six-inch bore. (1954 file photo by James Davis, Inter Lake photographer)

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McVay flipped the switch to begin power generation
September 15, 2018 4 a.m.

McVay flipped the switch to begin power generation

Pat McVay, 98, had a very noteworthy job when Hungry Horse Dam was finally ready for power generation. He was the worker who flipped the switch to start the first generator.