IDAHO FALLS — Through partnership with the city of Idaho Falls and Idaho Falls Power, the Idaho National Laboratory has installed a new hydroelectric exhibit in Heritage Park.

The new interactive exhibit, a scaled-down model of the Old Lower Power Plant affectionately named “The Little Lower” by Idaho Falls Power employees, takes the form of a tiny functioning hydroelectric dam that “will promote understanding of hydropower and its importance to regional power generation,” the INL said in a news release.

“Jason Cooper, Idaho Falls Power’s generation superintendent, collaborated with Bill McKellip, a design technician, to design the model,” INL said in a news release. “Cooper and his generation crew built the miniature powerhouse and dam structure, and the team collaborated with students

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