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A solid 3-day float from the public access on the downstream side of the dam to Galena is possible when the levels are high enough. [8] The James River is a source of drinking water for the city of Springfield. Lake Springfield is the primary source of water for the cooling system at the James River Power Plant which sits by the dam.
Lake Springfield was created in 1957 with the construction of a dam on the James River. The city of Springfield purchased the land before it was submerged. It cost $11.1 million to buy the land and build the dam to create the lake and first two units of the power station. [3] The lake was to be a cooling reservoir for the James River Power plant.
Bowersock Dam from the Northeast. The Bowersock Dam is a run-of-river dam on the Kansas River in Lawrence, Kansas. [1] Constructed in 1874 to provide mechanical power, it now hosts the only hydroelectric plant in the state of Kansas. [2]
The Army Corps of Engineers abruptly began releasing large flows on Friday, sending water streaming from Terminus Dam into the Kaweah River near Visalia and from Schafer Dam into the Tule River ...
The nearly 8100 major dams in the United States in 2006. The National Inventory of Dams defines a major dam as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
Articles pertaining to dams in operation, under construction or planning on the James in the Virginia, United States. Pages in category "Dams on the James River" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
River des Peres; Roaring River; Rock Branch; Rock Creek; Roubidoux Creek; Sac River 107 miles (172 km) St. Francis River 470 miles (760 km) Saling Branch; Salt River; Shoal Creek; Sink Creek; Skinner Creek; South Grand River; South River; Spring River (Arkansas), of Missouri and Arkansas 57 miles (92 km) Spring River (Missouri), of Missouri ...
Ian James. August 28, 2024 at 10:41 AM ... Salmon are central to the culture and fishing tradition of Native tribes along the Klamath River. But the dams have long blocked the fish from reaching ...