Six 65,000-horsepower pumps have spent 75 years pushing water 280 feet uphill beside the largest power plant in the United States to irrigate 670,000 acres of farmland, and the building they work from keeps most of its floors hidden under the reservoir itself

1.0Autonotionhttps://www.autonocion.com/usLuis Reyeshttps://www.autonocion.com/us/author/luisreyes/Six 65,000-horsepower pumps have spent 75 years pushing water 280 feet uphill beside the largest power plant in the United States to irrigate 670,000 acres of farmland, and the building they work from keeps most of its floors hidden under the reservoir itselfrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="G0pSkkatUv"><a href="https://www.autonocion.com/us/pumps-hidden-beneath-reservoir/">Six 65,000-horsepower pumps have spent 75 years pushing water 280 feet uphill beside the largest power plant in the United States to irrigate 670,000 acres of farmland, and the building they work from keeps most of its floors hidden under the reservoir itself</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.autonocion.com/us/pumps-hidden-beneath-reservoir/embed/#?secret=G0pSkkatUv" width="600" height="338" title="“Six 65,000-horsepower pumps have spent 75 years pushing water 280 feet uphill beside the largest power plant in the United States to irrigate 670,000 acres of farmland, and the building they work from keeps most of its floors hidden under the reservoir itself” — Autonotion" data-secret="G0pSkkatUv" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.autonocion.com/us/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.autonocion.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/John-Keys-Pump-Generating-Plant-768x432.jpg600338