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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).
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 ...
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."
"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 ...
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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 ...
Their North Wisconsin Lumber Company dammed the river at the site of the current Hayward dam and built a sawmill, shingle mill, and planing mill to the north, called by 1883 "the Big Mill." [14] That same year the village of Hayward was platted [15] and Sawyer County was established, formed from parts of early versions of Chippewa and Ashland ...
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.