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The Kilbourn Dam was the first major hydroelectric station on the Wisconsin River. [3] It was named for its location in the city of Kilbourn , which changed its name to Wisconsin Dells in 1931. The dam was designed by Daniel W. Mead [ 4 ] and built from 1906 to 1909 by the Southern Wisconsin Power Company, led by Magnus Swenson of Madison ...
In 1859, lumbermen destroyed the Wisconsin Hydraulic Company's new dam at Kilbourn City because it blocked the flow of timber rafts down the river. This led the company's main creditor, Byron Kilbourn, to foreclose on its property and take ownership of most of the city's real estate. [19]
The Prairie du Sac Dam is the widest dam on the Wisconsin River [11] and has a generation capacity of about 31 MW. [13] The dam has a hollow concrete structure and is anchored to the sandy riverbed by a pile foundation. The hydroelectric power station is a 330-foot-long (100 m), three story red brick structure at the west end of the dam.
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Wisconsin.. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
The formations are divided into the "Upper Dells" and the "Lower Dells" by the Kilbourn Dam. [3] The cliffs, some over 100 feet (30 m) high, and side canyons are closed to the public to protect sensitive ecological features. The viewing of the rock formations by water is a tourist attraction in the area.
The Wisconsin River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.At approximately 430 miles (692 km) long, it is the state's longest river. The river's name was first recorded in 1673 by Jacques Marquette as "Meskousing" from his Indian guides - most likely Miami for "river running through a red place."
The utility posted a video of the dam the morning of Sept. 28, when water was receding by one feet each hour. The record flow of water over Nolichucky occurred late the night before.
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