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The station is located in the northern corner of Bath County, Virginia, on the southeast side of the Eastern Continental Divide, which forms this section of the border between Virginia and West Virginia. The station consists of two reservoirs separated by about 1,260 feet (380 m) in elevation.
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]
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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]
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 ...
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The dam is 250 feet (76 m) high and 916 feet (279 m) long. The earth-filled dam is constructed of rock with a central clay core, which prevents water from passing through the dam. A 1,145-acre (463 ha) lake is formed behind the dam with almost 40 miles (64 km) of shoreline. South of the dam is the emergency spillway.
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]