Porogi

Porogi is a small settlement in Chelyabinsk oblast, Russia. Its main attraction is the world-oldest operating hydroelectric power plant.

The М5 motorway:

Multiple arrows:

The dam:

The machinery:

Everything is really old:

Scary:

Next to the dam is the building of the power plant with the control room. The electrician is fishing at the open window:

Only after I got back home to Chelyabinsk I learned that I could have easily entered the control room and take pictures of everything inside. (Sad trombone.)

Here is what Porogi looks from the dam:

The electricity in Porogi is available from 8 pm to 11 pm.