Post Falls Dam
Post Falls Dam | |
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Coeur d'Alene Lake | |
Power Station | |
Turbines | 6[1] |
Installed capacity | 14.75 MW[2] |
Post Falls Dam is a
History
The site of the Post Falls Dam was previously home to a 20-foot wooden diversion dam built by pioneer settler and namesake of Post Falls, Frederick Post, who purchased the land from Chief Andrew Seltice of the
Since the 1990s, the north bank of the river alongside the north channel dam has been open to the public as Falls Park,[2] owned by the City of Post Falls. The park provides interpretive information on the history of the site and views of the north channel dam and spillways.[6]
Dams
Of the three dams at the site, the middle channel with the powerhouse is the only one that generates electricity. It measures 431 feet long by 31 feet tall and occupies the deepest and most confined gorge of the three channels passing around the islands. The north channel dam is L-shaped with one large sluice and eight smaller sluices on the other arm of the L-shape. The south channel dam measures 78 feet long with 13 foot high gates used to control spring water flows.[2]
Gallery
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North Channel Dam
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Middle Channel dam and powerhouse
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Bridge connecting Middle Channel Island (foreground) to the north bank
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South Channel Dam
See also
References
- ^ a b "Post Falls Dam". myavista.com. Avista Utilities. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
- ^ a b c d Drake, Michele M. "Post Falls: Powering Northern Idaho for More than a Century". renewableenergyworld.com. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
- ^ Lunney, Meghan (February 28, 2021). "Managing Water Levels in Coeur d'Alene Lake". uidaho.edu. University of Idaho. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
- ^ "Dams". spokaneriverkeeper.org. Spokane Riverkeeper. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
- ^ Tinsley, Jesse (May 13, 2019). "Then and Now: Millwright Frederick Post's influence felt at Post Falls Dam". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
- ^ "Parks". postfalls.gov. City of Post Falls. Retrieved January 3, 2024.