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The Wolf Creek Dam is a multi-purpose dam on the Cumberland River in the western part of Russell County, Kentucky, United States.The dam serves at once four distinct purposes: it generates hydroelectricity; it regulates and limits flooding; it releases stored water to permit year-round navigation on the Cumberland River; and it creates Lake Cumberland for recreation, the largest man-made lake ...
The Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery Visitor/Environmental Education Center opened to the public in September 2006.. The new facility was the first center of its kind at a National Fish Hatchery. Through state-of-the-art exhibits, classroom, indoor theater and gift shop, the center serves as a fun and engaging learning resource for all ...
The maximum pool is 760 feet (232 m) at the top of dam floodgates; The top of Wolf Creek Dam is 773 feet (236 m). Lake is considered at "flood control" level from 723 to 760 feet (220 to 232 m). Normal power drawdown is between 723 and 673 feet (220 to 205 m). At 760 feet (232 m) elevation, the shoreline of Lake Cumberland is 1,255 miles (2,020 ...
Creelsboro Natural Bridge (more commonly referred to as Rock House or the Rockhouse) is a natural bridge in southwestern Russell County, Kentucky, United States.It is located near the community of Creelsboro, approximately 11 miles (18 km) downstream from Wolf Creek Dam, which impounds Lake Cumberland.
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Arizona. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "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 ).
Wolf Creek (Rocky Creek tributary), a stream in Georgia; Wolf Creek (Iowa), a tributary of the Cedar River in Grundy and Black Hawk Counties; Wolf Creek (Minnesota), a tributary of the Cedar River in Mower County; Wolf Creek (southern Minnesota), a tributary of the Cannon River in Rice County; Wolf Creek (New York), a tributary of Genesee River
Wolf Creek Generating Station is a nuclear power plant located near Burlington, Kansas. It occupies 9,818 acres (39.73 km 2 ) of the total 11,800 acres (4,800 ha) controlled by the owner. Its namesake, Wolf Creek, was dammed to create Coffey County Lake (formerly Wolf Creek Lake), and provides water for the condensers.
The Hoover Dam in Arizona and Nevada was the first hydroelectric power station in the United States to have a capacity of at least 1,000 MW upon completion in 1936. Since then numerous other hydroelectric power stations have surpassed the 1,000 MW threshold, most often through the expansion of existing hydroelectric facilities.