Cheesman Dam
Appearance
Cheesman Dam | |
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Location | Jefferson County, Colorado, USA |
Coordinates | 39°12′27.03″N 105°16′20.05″W / 39.2075083°N 105.2722361°W |
Purpose | Water supply |
Opening date | 1905 |
Operator(s) | Denver Water |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Masonry, gravity arch |
Impounds | South Platte River |
Height | 221 feet (67 m) |
Length | 735 feet (224 m) |
Width (crest) | 18 feet (5.5 m) |
Spillway type | Concrete crest weir |
Spillway capacity | 22,370 cu ft/s (633 m3/s) |
Reservoir | |
Total capacity | 79,064 acre-feet (0.097524 km3) |
Surface area | 877 acres (355 ha) |
Cheesman Dam is a 211-foot-tall (64 m) masonry curved gravity dam on the South Platte River located in Colorado. It was the tallest of its type in the world when completed in 1905.[1] The primary purpose of the dam is water supply and it was named for Colorado businessman, Walter Scott Cheesman. In 1973 it was designated a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.[2] The Denver Water Board purchased the reservoir and related facilities in 1918. [3]
External links
- Cheesman Dam at Denver Water
Bibliography
- ^ "Cheesman Dam". American Society of Civil Engineers. Archived from the original on 2013-10-31. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ^ "Cheesman Reservoir History". Denver Water. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ^ "Cheesman Reservoir | Denver Water". www.denverwater.org. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
- Dams of the United States - Pictorial display of Landmark Dams. Denver, Colorado: US Society on Dams. 2013.
Categories:
- Dams in Colorado
- Dams in the Mississippi River basin
- Dams completed in 1905
- National Historic Landmarks in Colorado
- Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks
- Buildings and structures in Douglas County, Colorado
- Masonry dams
- National Register of Historic Places in Douglas County, Colorado
- 1905 establishments in Colorado
- United States dam stubs
- Colorado building and structure stubs