Trinity Dam

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dam_name= Trinity Dam


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crosses= Trinity River
reservoir= Trinity Lake
locale= Weaverville, California
maint= US Bureau of Reclamation
length= 2600 ft
height= 457-foot (139 m)
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open= 1962
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reservoir_capacity= 2,447,650 acre-feet (3.01913 km³)
reservoir_catchment= 692 sq mi
reservoir_surface= 17,722 acres
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Trinity Dam is an earth dam on the Trinity River that forms Trinity Lake near Weaverville, California. [http://npdp.stanford.edu/DamDirectory/DamDetail.jsp?npdp_id=CA10196 NPDP Site] accessed 2008-01-11.] Trinity Lake was previously called Clair Engle Lake. The 457-foot (139 m) earthfill dam was built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Construction was completed in 1962. Trinity Lake has a capacity of 2,447,650 acre-feet (3.01913 km³), making it one of the largest reservoirs in California. Trinity Lake and Dam are part of the Central Valley Project, which harnesses the waters from the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River watersheds to irrigate the Central Valley.

Trinity Power Plant is a hydroelectric plant located at the base of the dam. The power plant has a capacity of 140 megawatts with two Francis turbines. The plant operates on a peaking basis.

References

*gnis|236548

External links

* [http://www.usbr.gov/mp/cvo/ BOR: Central Valley Operations Office]
* [http://cdec.water.ca.gov/river/res_CLE.html California Department of Water Resources: Trinity Lake Reservoir Up-to-Date Data]