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The dam was constructed from 1908 to 1910 to generate hydroelectric power. The dam and reservoir are owned by Blue Earth County, and the power plant and dam were operated by Eagle Creek Renewable Energy under an agreement with the county. [1] Power was no longer generated at the dam due to damage from flooding in 2019 and 2020. [2]
The Rapidan Dam, built in 1910 and managed by Blue Earth County, was described on the county’s website as in a “state of disrepair.” After flooding in 2019 and 2020, ...
Rapidan Dam, an earth-and-concrete structure and electrical generating station, built in 1910, had begun to overflow. A crowd watches the Blue Earth River after its bank collapsed at Rapidan Dam ...
The Rapidan Dam was built in 1910 as an energy source and is managed by the county. Repeated flooding over more than a century has caused significant damage to the structure, according to the ...
It said that even if the dam's ability to generate electricity were restored, the county still would likely lose money — an average of almost $107,000 annually for each of the following 40 years. And the 2021 engineering report said that after 40 years, the county still would face the same issue — whether to remove the dam.
A 2019 Associated Press investigation into dams across the country found that the Rapidan Dam was in fair condition and there likely would be loss of property if it failed.
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