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Lake Catherine is the smaller of the two lakes, sized at 1,940-acre (790 ha). The Lake Catherine State Park is located on the lake's shore. The lake was created in the 1920's with the building of Remmel Dam, a concrete-and-steel Ambursen-type buttressed dam. Remmel Dam was created to provide hydroelectricity, but the lake later developed into a ...
It is a two-story buff brick structure, built with Mediterranean styling. It was built in 1931, at about the same time that Carpenter Dam was under construction, impounding Lake Hamilton on whose shores it stands. It was built by Van Lyell, owner of the Hot Springs Coca-Cola franchise. [2]
From the lake, the Ouachita flows south into Lake Hamilton, a reservoir created by Carpenter Dam, named after Flavius Josephus Carpenter. The city of Hot Springs lies on the north side of Lake Hamilton. Another reservoir, Lake Catherine, impounds the Ouachita just below Lake Hamilton. Below Lake Catherine, the river flows free through most of ...
He selected sites for two Arkansas Power & Light (now Entergy Arkansas, a subsidiary of Entergy) dams on the upper Ouachita River: Remmel Dam, which created Lake Catherine, and Carpenter Dam [2]), which created Lake Hamilton in 1931. Carpenter Dam was named for him. [3]
The doors to the dam gatehouses operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are usually locked and secured behind "No Trespassing" signs. But in Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the doors to the ...
150 N Lake Rd, Paradise Twp: Linda Hempfing to Neil Vankersen Sr, $110,000 ... Hamilton Twp: Kenneth Baugher to Todd Grim, $600,000. ... 623 Natural Dam Rd, Freedom Twp: D Richard Smith to Hugh ...
Today, the park features fishing and water recreation as well as camping to visitors. Lake Hamilton was created following the construction of Carpenter Dam in the 1930s. Built during the Great Depression, the power produced by the dam is credited with allowing AP&L to survive the difficult economic times. Following construction, resorts ...
Carpenter recalled that after the Hurricane of 1954 blew down trees and obliterated trail markings, Hudson nailed the painted, metal tops of the cans as temporary trail markers.