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 Keswick Dam - Shasta County, CA
N 40° 36.732 W 122° 26.752
10T E 546875 N 4495856
Keswick Dam divides Keswick Reservoir from the Sacramento River.
Waymark Code: WMNNJ7
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 04/08/2015
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From Wikipedia:
Keswick Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Sacramento River about 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Redding, California. Part of the Bureau of Reclamation's Central Valley Project, the dam is 157 feet (48 m) high and impounds the Keswick Reservoir, which has a capacity of 23,800 acre·ft (29,400,000 m3). Its powerplant has three turbines with a generating capacity of 117 megawatts (MW) uprated from its original 75 MW in 1992. The dam and reservoir serve as a forebay to regulate peaking power releases from the Shasta Dam upstream. The electrical substation at Keswick Dam distributes power not only from the Keswick powerplant but also from powerplants at Trinity Dam and Lewiston Dam, as well as the Judge Francis Carr Powerplant near Whiskeytown Lake and the Spring Creek Powerplant, located just northwest of Keswick Dam.
Waterway where the dam is located: Sacramento River
Main use of the Water Dam: Hydroelectric Power Production
Material used in the structure: Concrete
Height of Dam: 157 feet
Date built: 01/01/1941
Fishing Allowed: no
Motor Sports Allowed: no
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