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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).
Lock and Dam No. 8 is a lock and dam located near Genoa, Wisconsin on the Upper Mississippi River near river mile 679.2 in the United States. It was constructed and was put into operation by April 1937. The site underwent major rehabilitation from 1989 to 2003.
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.
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"In the years to come, state and local leaders face difficult choices about where to invest in maintaining and improving dams," a new report said. Wisconsin has more than 4,000 dams. Failures are ...
Lake Hayward is in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, [1] United States. It is fed by the Namekagon River and is part of the Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway. [2] Namakagon Queen, Hayward, Wisconsin, June 1961. The Lumberjack Bowl is a large bay on Lake Hayward that is used for the Lumberjack World Championship. [3] [4]
Five PL-566 dams in Vernon, La Crosse and Monroe counties failed during an intense 2018 storm. Now officials weigh whether 23 similar dams need to go. After Wisconsin dams failed in a massive ...
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."