Porogi
Porogi is a small settlement in Chelyabinsk oblast, Russia. Its main attraction is the world-oldest operating hydroelectric power plant.
The М5 motorway:
![The М5 motorway](/world/porogi/i/IMG_8037.jpg)
Multiple arrows:
![Multiple arrows](/world/porogi/i/IMG_8040.jpg)
The dam:
![The dam of Porogi hydroelectri power plant](/world/porogi/i/IMG_8046.jpg)
The machinery:
![Porogi hydroelectri power plant](/world/porogi/i/IMG_8060.jpg)
![Porogi hydroelectri power plant](/world/porogi/i/IMG_8051.jpg)
![Porogi hydroelectri power plant](/world/porogi/i/IMG_8070.jpg)
Everything is really old:
![Everything is really old at Porogi hydroelectri power plant](/world/porogi/i/IMG_8073.jpg)
Scary:
![Porogi hydroelectri power plant](/world/porogi/i/IMG_8078.jpg)
Next to the dam is the building of the power plant with the control room. The electrician is fishing at the open window:
![The electrician is fishing at the open window in Porogi](/world/porogi/i/IMG_8066.jpg)
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:
![Porogi](/world/porogi/i/IMG_8059.jpg)
The electricity in Porogi is available from 8 pm to 11 pm.
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