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Shasta Dam |
| The second largest concrete dam in the United States and the tallest center overflow dam in the world. |
| Shasta Dam is located about 9 miles northwest of Redding, California, on the Sacramento River. Built during the 7-year period between 1928-1945, the dam is a concrete gravity dam 602 feet high and provides flood control, power generation, and water supply benefits. Shasta Dam and Shasta Lake are key facilities in the Central Valley Project (CVP), the largest and most elaborate water management and delivery system in the world. The water stored in the reservoir represents 41 percent of the available water storage in the entire CVP. | |
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| ABOVE &
BELOW: Views of Shasta Dam, Mt. Shasta & area from over-looks |
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Views
of Shasta Dam from the visitor center. If every family in America had
a swimming pool, the water held back by the dam would be enough to fill
every one of them. Amazing! |
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Views
looking down from the bridge over the dam at Shasta Dam. |
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Views
looking down and out from the bridge at Shasta Dam |
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THE TWO RV GYPSIES ON
THE BRIDGE of Shasta Dam |
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More
details About Shasta Dam |
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Height of structure: |
602 feet |
Mass Concrete: 6,541,00
cubic yards (6.5 million cubic yards of concrete is enough to make an average sized sidewalk long enough to go around the world at the equator.) |
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Length of crest: |
3,460 feet |
Thickness at base inc. spillway apron: |
883 feet |
Thickness at crest: |
30 feet |
Width of crest roadway and sidewalks: |
39.5 feet |
Weight of dam: |
15 million tons |
| Construction of Shasta Dam began August 21, 1938 by Pacific Constructors Incorporated. It ranks as one of the world's great civil engineering projects. During WWII, power generation became a critical need for the war effort and as a result of the dedication and hard work of thousands of workers, Shasta Power Plant was put in service in 1944, and the dam was completed in 1945 - 22 months ahead of schedule.WOW! | |
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