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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]
T. M. Gathright Wildlife Management Area is a 13,428-acre (54.34 km 2) Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Bath County, Virginia. The property's mountainous terrain includes elevations ranging from 1,400 to 3,600 feet (430 to 1,100 m) above sea level, and is divided by 2,530-acre (10.2 km 2 ) Lake Moomaw .
Gathright Dam, an embankment dam in Alleghany County, Virginia T. M. Gathright Wildlife Management Area , a state-managed protected area in Bath County, Virginia See also
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Thomas Sanford Gathright was born in Monroe County, Georgia, on January 5, 1829. [1] His father died when he was at an early age [2] and his family moved to Alabama in the late 1830s. [3] He attended the Green Springs School for Boys under Henry Tutwiler near Greensboro, Alabama. [2] Gathright first taught at Mount Hebron, Alabama, in 1850. [1]
McNary Dam is a 1.4-mile (2.2-km) long concrete gravity run-of-the-river dam which spans the Columbia River. It joins Umatilla County, Oregon with Benton County, Washington , 292 miles (470 km) upriver from the mouth of the Columbia. [ 3 ]
The dam features a navigation lock plus fish ladders on both sides. The John Day Lock has the highest lift (at 110 feet or 34 meters) of any U.S. lock. [4] The reservoir impounded by the dam is Lake Umatilla, [5] and it runs 76.4 miles (123.0 km) up the river channel to the foot of the McNary Dam.
Thomson Dam - NID Registered Structures Dam ID Other ID Name Height Width Type MN00604 – Thomson Dam 15 ft (4.6 m) 1,600 ft (490 m) Embankment and concrete gravity: MN00604 S010 Thomson Canal Dam 45 ft (14 m) 3,500 ft (1,100 m) Embankment: MN83020 S011 Thomson Dam #1-1/2 10 ft (3.0 m) 90 ft (27 m) Embankment: MN83021 S001 Thomson Dam #2A, 2B