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J. Strom Thurmond Dam, [1] also known in Georgia as Clarks Hill Dam, is a concrete-gravity and embankment dam located 22 miles (35 km) north of Augusta, Georgia on the Savannah River at the border of South Carolina and Georgia, creating Lake Strom Thurmond. U.S. Route 221 (and Georgia State Route 150 on the Georgia side of the state line) cross it.
J. Strom Thurmond Lake and Dam is the first Corps of Engineers project to be built in the Savannah River Basin. Hartwell Lake and Dam the second project built in the basin was completed in 1963, and a third project, Richard B. Russell Lake and Dam was completed in 1985. Together these three lakes form a chain of lakes that is 120 miles (190 km ...
The lake and dam were renamed in 1987 after Georgia senator Richard Brevard Russell Jr. in the same bill that also renamed Clarks Hill Lake to Lake Strom Thurmond. Construction on the new dam began in 1974 and filling of the lake began in October 1983. The lake reached full pool in December 1984 and the original power plant of four 75 megawatts ...
In two Upstate lakes, live Christmas trees can be recycled to enhance ecosystems for freshwater fish.
J. Strom Thurmond Dam; Jocassee Dam; L. Lake Keowee; Lake Marion (South Carolina) Lake Wateree; List of dam removals in South Carolina; O.
Lake Dorene; Clark Hill Dam (J. Strom Thurmond Dam) – Lake Strom Thurmond, also in South Carolina; Goat Rock Dam – Goat Rock Lake; Hartwell Dam – Lake Hartwell, also in South Carolina; Hickory Log Creek Dam – Hickory Log Creek Reservoir (under construction until Oct 2007) Jim Woodruff Dam – Lake Seminole; on Apalachicola River; built ...
J. Strom Thurmond Dam; ... Lake Jocassee; P. Pinopolis Dam; R. Richard B. Russell Dam power plant; S. Saluda Dam This page was last edited on 24 December ...
J. Edward Roush Lake Dam; J. Percy Priest Dam; J. Strom Thurmond Dam; Jemez Canyon Dam; Jennings Randolph Lake; Jim Chapman Dam; Jim Woodruff Dam; Joe Pool Dam; John Day Dam; John H. Kerr Dam; John Redmond Reservoir; John T. Myers Locks and Dam; John W. Flannagan Dam; Jordan Lake