Elm Road Generating Station Oak Creek, Wisconsin Record-setting offshore shafts provide a key element in a cooling water intake system Four shafts – lined with 12 ft. diameter steel casing - located 1.5 miles offshore, now connect Lake Michigan water to a 27 ft. diameter rock tunnel supplying 2 billion gal/day to a new power plant expansion. Guided and supported by fixed platforms in 45’ of water, the shafts penetrated through glacial

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