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The Lake Zumbro Hydroelectric Generating Plant, also known as the City of Rochester Municipal Hydro-Electric Plant, is a hydroelectric facility on the Zumbro River in Mazeppa and Zumbro Townships in the U. S. State of Minnesota. The facility consists of a gravity dam and a powerhouse, and formerly included three houses for the plant operators ...
This is a list of dams and reservoirs in the U.S. state of Minnesota and pertinent data in a sortable table. There are more than 1,250 dams in the state. There are more than 1,250 dams in the state. Over 800 are public facilities and of these 430 are owned by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources .
Ames Mill Dam is a 6-foot (2 m) low-head dam located near South Water Street in Northfield city, in southeastern Minnesota, in the United States. [1] It lies on the Cannon River , a tributary of the Mississippi River 35 miles (55 km) south of St. Paul .
In 2019 the dam was damaged by flooding and stopped producing electricity. In 2021 the county commissioned two studies from Barr Engineering Co. [12] to explore the options for the dam’s state of disrepair. Two options were studied: dam repair or dam removal. [13] From April to June 2022, the county collected community feedback regarding ...
Severe weather from that flood and other rainfall since have caused significant damage to the dam’s structure and usability, according to Blue Earth County, which said the dam was in a “state ...
At least two people are dead after severe storms and major flooding hit the Midwest, according to officials, and a dam in southern Minnesota built in the early 1900s is at risk of collapse.
This category contains articles about hydroelectric power plants in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Pages in category "Hydroelectric power plants in Minnesota" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
From 2013 to 2023, 283 dams in the U.S. experienced some kind of failure, according to data provided by the Association of State Dam Safety Officials and analyzed by NBC News.