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The Coon Rapids Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Mississippi River located in Brooklyn Park and Coon Rapids, Minnesota. It is approximately 12 miles (19 km) north of downtown Minneapolis. Between 1914 and 1966, it provided hydroelectric power generation for northern Twin Cities suburbs. Since 1969, it has been used primarily for recreation.
GNIS feature ID. 2393628 [3] Website. coonrapidsmn.gov. Coon Rapids is a northern suburb of Minneapolis, and is the second-largest city by population in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States. [6] The population was 63,599 at the 2020 census, [4] making it the fifteenth largest city in Minnesota and the seventh largest Twin Cities suburb.
St. Cloud Dam. St. Cloud, Minnesota. 45°32′52″N94°08′50″W / 45.54778°N 94.14722°W / 45.54778; -94.14722. Coon Rapids Dam. Brooklyn Park / Coon Rapids, Minnesota. 45°08′36″N93°18′43″W / 45.14333°N 93.31194°W / 45.14333; -93.31194. No locks, ends navigable portion of river. Upper Saint Anthony Falls Lock ...
Meeker Island Lock and Dam – Mississippi River (built 1907, became obsolete and removed 1920) [17] Mill Pond Dam, Appleton, Minnesota – Pomme de Terre River (removed after being damaged in a 1997 flood) [18] Minnesota Falls Dam, Granite Falls, Minnesota – Minnesota River (built 1909, removed 2010) [19] Nevers Dam, Marine on St. Croix ...
Construction of the Rapidan dam was finished in 1910 and is described by the county as a hollow concrete dam, founded on sandstone bedrock in a steep, U-shaped valley.
Coon Rapids Dam in June 2004. Mississippi Gateway Regional Park, formerly Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park, [2] is located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota and Coon Rapids, Minnesota. The dam, for which the park was named, was built by Northern States Power Company in 1913 for electrical power generation. Power generation was discontinued in 1966, so ...
With flooding having already taken their home, the Barnes family is hoping the possible collapse of the Rapidan Dam doesn't also take their café, which has been operating since 1910.
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.