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Tainter gate from the back, or spillway, on the John H. Kerr Dam, Boydton, Virginia (USACE) Construction of the John H. Kerr dam was authorized by the 78th United States Congress in 1944 with the Flood Control Act of 1944 but did not commence until 1947. The site was selected because of the granite in the area that could support a large ...
The Bedford Hydropower Project (Snowden) is a hydroelectric generation facility on the James River near the community of Big Island, Virginia.The project includes a low head structure completely spanning the river; river flow is split into a concrete canal leading to the hydroelectric generation facility and the natural river course.
The dam is 388 feet long and 44 feet high [2] and impounds 18 million gallons of water [3] that used to be the water source for the nearby town of Woodstock. The dam was built in 1957–1958. Use of the reservoir was discontinued in 1979 and the town now draws its water from the North Fork Shenandoah River. [4]
Bosher's Dam is a historic low head dam (also called a weir) built upon the James River just west of Richmond, Virginia.It is a 12-foot-high stone structure which interrupts the natural flow of Virginia's largest self-contained river by spanning the waterway between suburban Tuckahoe in Henrico County and the western part of Richmond just west of the Edward E. Willey Bridge.
It is formed by the Occoquan Dam on the Occoquan River. Managed by the Fairfax County Water Authority, it provides an important water supply to surrounding settlements in northern Virginia, with an output of 17 million US gallons a day (64,000 m 3 /d) to 1.2 million people, including over half of the population of Prince William County. [1]
Smith Mountain Dam is a concrete arch dam located on the Roanoke River in Virginia, creating Smith Mountain Lake. The dam was built by Appalachian Power (a division of American Electric Power ) between 1960 and 1963 for the purposes of pumped-storage hydroelectricity .
A flood watch and hazardous weather outlook are in effect for the Augusta County area Thursday through Friday as Tropical Storm Debby draws closer to Virginia and the upper East Coast.
The project was constructed and began generating electric power in 1930 at the site of a former dam constructed in the 1820's and reconstructed in the 1850's known as Cushaw Falls Dam. [2] The Cushaw Project consists of a 1,550-foot-long, 27-foot-high reinforced concrete dam, with a 1,500-foot-long spillway extending diagonally across the James ...