The Firestone hydroelectric power station is a

hydroelectric Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other renewable sources combined and ...

power station in

Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...

on the

Farmington River The Farmington River is a river, U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 in length along its main stem, located in northwest Connecticut with major tributaries ex ...

. Built in 1942, it was the first power generating dam built in the country.First State of the Environment Report for Liberia – 2006.
United Nations Development Programme. 2006, p. 44-45. Retrieved on October 19, 2008. Located in

Harbel Harbel is a town in Margibi County, Liberia. It lies along the Farmington River, about 15 miles upstream from the Atlantic Ocean.

Margibi County Margibi is a county on the north to central coast of Liberia. One of 15 counties that constitute the first-level of administrative division in the nation, it has five districts. Kakata serves as the capital with the area of the county measuring ...

, it is operated by the Firestone Plantations Company. Hydro Plant Dec 2022

Capacity

The project has a generating capacity of produced by four

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s. Initial construction was in order to supply power to a United States military facility in the area during

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and to supply the city of

Robertsfield Roberts International Airport , informally also known as ''Robertsfield'', is an international airport in the West African nation of Liberia. Located near the town of Harbel in Margibi County, the single runway airport is about outside of ...

. The plant was the only hydro power facility to remain intact during the Civil Wars.

References

{{Authority control Margibi County Hydroelectric power stations in Liberia Dams completed in 1942 1942 establishments in Liberia