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The way the giant Furnas was born
1954 1956 1958
Francisco Noronha and Anton Rydland,
engineers at Cemig find the right place
for the project to build a large hydroelectric
power plant: two side large walls
with more than 100 meters high in
Grande River, in the region of Capitólio
(MG). They photograph the region and
bring the idea to Cemig's technical director,
John Reginald Cotrim.
In January, Juscelino Kubitschek (JK)
takes office as President of the Republic.
In May, the president of the National
Bank for Economic Development
(BNDE), the engineer Lucas Lopes, defines
the basic characteristics of the Furnas'
project, justifying its inclusion as
one of the priority constructions of the
JK government's Goals Plan.
The company obtains the first financings
and starts the constructions of the
dams and diversion tunnels of the power
plant. The construction of transmission
lines (LT) begins and other work fronts
are still in full swing.
1955 1957 1959
Cemig takes the first steps to formulate
the construction project. John Cotrim
seeing reports and studies, turns into an
enthusiastic about the construction of
Furnas Power Plant and defends the
idea in lectures and meetings with many
sectors of society.
On February 28, 1957, President JK signs
the document of creation of Central Elétrica
de Furnas. The mission of the newborn
company is to build the Furnas
Hydroelectric Power Plant to prevent the
collapse of energy in the Center-South
region of Brazil. Furnas' first president,
the engineer John Reginald Cotrim, was
the Cemig’s vice president.
The company boost its civil constructions
and starts the works of
the Furnas-São Paulo Transmission
Line. It continues the diversion
constructions of Grande River,
through two diversion tunnels. In
the second semester, it starts the
construction of the 345 kV Furnas-
Belo Horizonte Transmission Line.
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