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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 .
A southern Minnesota dam and nearby bridge that almost collapsed last month after a bout of heavy rain and prompted a federal emergency declaration will be torn down, officials said Tuesday. The ...
The river is washing away large amounts of sediment, causing instability to the bridge's supporting piers, built atop sandstone bedrock. ... The Rapidan Dam is over a century old, finished in 1910 ...
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 ...
It said that even if the dam's ability to generate electricity were restored, the county still would likely lose money — an average of almost $107,000 annually for each of the following 40 years. And the 2021 engineering report said that after 40 years, the county still would face the same issue — whether to remove the dam.
Nevers Dam, Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota – St. Croix River (built 1889, removed 1954 after being damaged) [20] Sandstone Dam, Sandstone, Minnesota – Kettle River (20 ft tall hydropower dam built 1908, removed 1999) [21] Shady Lake Dam (Oronoco Dam), Oronoco, Minnesota – Zumbro River (built in 1937, removed 2015 after dam failure in 2010 ...
The Rapidan Dam was built in 1910 as an energy source and is managed by the county. Repeated flooding over more than a century has caused significant damage to the structure, according to the ...
The Rapidan River begins west of Doubletop Mountain in Shenandoah National Park where the Mill Prong meets the Laurel Prong at Rapidan Camp, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Big Meadows. The river defines the border of Orange County with Culpeper and Madison Counties. Sections of the lower Rapidan River are preserved by a conservation ...