Whiskeytown Dam

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Whiskeytown Dam
KWh[5]

Whiskeytown Dam (officially Clair A. Hill Whiskeytown Dam)

dam3) of water.[3]

History

The dam was one of the first units built of the Trinity River Division of the Central Valley Project, a federal water project intended to provide irrigation water to the eponymous Central Valley. Construction started in August 1960 with clearing operations around the dam site, and excavations for the spillway and outlet tunnels began in October. By late 1961, over one-half of the dam embankment was complete. The dam was topped out on February 7, 1963, and the reservoir was allowed to begin filling. On September 28, it was dedicated by President John F. Kennedy to a crowd of more than 10,000 people.[6][7]

Water diverted from the

kilowatt hours (KWh) annually.[5]

In addition, there is a 3.5 MW Power Plant at the base of Whiskeytown dam built in 1986 by the city of Redding.[8] This power plant generates power through the flows that were previously released down Clear Creek through the project's river outlets.

The lake and dam are named after the

Gold Rush camp of Whiskeytown, which was submerged in 1963 with the filling of the new reservoir.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Whiskeytown Dam Dimensions". Shasta/Trinity River Division Project. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. 2009-06-04. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  2. ^ a b "Whiskeytown Dam Hydraulics & Hydrology". Shasta/Trinity River Division Project. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. 2009-06-04. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  3. ^ a b "Shasta/Trinity River Division Project". Central Valley Project. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. 2011-04-21. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  4. ^ "Whiskeytown Dam (USBR) (WHI)". California Data Exchange Center. California Department of Water Resources. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Spring Creek Powerplant". Shasta/Trinity River Division Project. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. 2009-05-13. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  6. ^ a b Stene, Eric A. (1996). "Trinity Division: Central Valley Project" (PDF). Bureau of Reclamation History Program. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  7. ^ a b "The Story of Whiskeytown" (PDF). U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  8. ^ "REU's History". City of Redding. Retrieved 2022-06-02.

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