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The Rapidan Dam is a concrete gravity dam located on the Blue Earth River in Rapidan Township southwest of Mankato, Minnesota in the United States. The dam was constructed from 1908 to 1910 to generate hydroelectric power .
In its lower course below Rapidan Dam, the river flows through a wooded gorge in the valley of the Minnesota River; this section is a popular canoeing route. [11] According to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, about 84% of the Blue Earth River's watershed is used for agriculture, primarily corn and soybeans.
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, 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, a power generation ...
The Rapidan Dam in Minnesota is in a precarious state after recent flooding of the Blue Earth River, prompting officials on Monday to warn that the structure is in "imminent failure condition."
What was the condition of the dam? Construction of the Rapidan Dam was finished in 1910 and is described by the county as a hollow concrete dam, founded on sandstone bedrock in a steep, U-shaped valley. The dam is approximately 475 feet (145 meters) long and 87 feet (27 meters) high.
The Rapidan and Rappahannock Rivers. The Rappahannock is the highlighted river to the north, while the Rapidan is its southerly tributary. The Rapidan River, flowing 88 miles (142 km) [1] through north-central Virginia in the United States, is the largest tributary of the Rappahannock River.
Nov. 10—RAPIDAN — In the past 20 years Blue Earth County has spent $6 million in emergency repairs on the Rapidan Dam. Then in the winter of 2019, ice flows heavily damaged the dam's hydro ...