Keswick Dam
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Keswick Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Sacramento River about 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Redding, California. Part of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Central Valley Project, the dam is 157 feet (48 m) high and impounds the Keswick Reservoir, which has a capacity of 23,800 acre⋅ft (29,400,000 m3). The dam's power plant has three turbines with a generating capacity of 117 megawatts (MW), which, in 1992, was uprated from its original 75 MW. The dam and reservoir serve as an afterbay to regulate peaking power releases from the Shasta Dam upstream.
Keswick Dam | |
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Country | United States |
Location | Shasta County, California |
Coordinates | 40°36′43″N 122°26′45″W |
Construction began | 1941; 83 years ago (1941) |
Opening date | 1950; 74 years ago (1950) |
Owner(s) | U.S. Bureau of Reclamation |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Concrete gravity |
Impounds | Sacramento River |
Height | 157 ft (48 m) |
Length | 596 ft (182 m) |
Dam volume | 214,000 cu yd (164,000 m3) |
Spillways | Gated overflow |
Spillway capacity | 250,000 cu ft/s (7,100 m3/s) |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Keswick Reservoir |
Total capacity | 23,800 acre⋅ft (29,400,000 m3) |
Catchment area | 6,380 sq mi (16,500 km2) |
Normal elevation | 601.6 ft (183.4 m) |
Power Station | |
Turbines | 3 |
Installed capacity | 117 MW |
Annual generation | 416,585,000 KWh (2001–2012)[1] |
The electrical substation at Keswick Dam distributes power from the Keswick power plant, the power plants at Trinity Dam and Lewiston Dam, the Judge Francis Carr Power plant near Whiskeytown Lake, and the Spring Creek Power plant, which is located just northwest of Keswick Dam.