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The Fort Randall Dam flooded 221,497 acres (89,637 ha) of Indigenous land and 220,478 acres (89,224 ha) were inundated by the Big Bend Dam. [8] In South Dakota, politicians and other proponents of the Pick-Sloan Program and dam construction had promised 1 million acres (4.0 × 10 ^ 3 km 2 ) of irrigation as “appropriate compensation” for ...
This category is for articles about dams in the U.S. state of Virginia ... Pages in category "Dams in Virginia" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 ...
The dam was built in 53 sections called monoliths. A grouting tunnel or gallery was built in order to fill gaps between the dam and foundation with concrete. The spillway consists of 22-tainter gates for overflow and at the base of the dam, 6-sluice gates were installed to maintain downstream flows. Construction was completed and the dam was ...
The construction of Development No. 6, later called the Claytor Dam, began in 1937 and was completed in 1939. [4] By the Spring of 1940, the New River was fully impounded, and Claytor Lake was formed. Claytor Dam is a concrete gravity dam, impounding an estimated storage capacity of 225,000 acre-feet. The plant is the largest of the power ...
Soil Exhaustion as a Factor in the Agricultural History of Virginia and Maryland, 1606–1860 (1925) Cronon, William. Changes in the Land, Revised Edition: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England (2nd ed. 2003), excerpt and text search; Cunfer, Geoff. On the Great Plains: Agriculture and Environment. (2005). 240 pp.
The York River was formerly known as the Pamunkey River by the Native Americans.Colonists of the Virginia Company in the 17th century first called it the Charles River. On the north bank (the Middle Peninsula), in what is now Gloucester County, the chief of the Powhatan Confederacy maintained Werowocomoco, one of two capitals of the paramount chiefdom at the time of European contact before 1609.
The dam is also a noted tourist and recreational area, and a place of great beauty. Over the years, a number of artists and photographers have used the dam site for their compositions. Jessamine Shumate, a local artist, did an early watercolor painting of the Philpott Dam in Henry County, and a second, unfinished painting. These two paintings ...
The dam serves flood control and recreational purposes and is operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. [2] The Gathright Dam's intake tower contains nine portals that allow it to release water between reservoir depths of 12 to 87 feet (3.7 to 26.5 m). This allows the dam to manage the temperature and flow of water released downstream. [3]