Carters Dam
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Carters Dam is an earthen embankment dam located south of Chatsworth in Murray County and west of Ellijay in northwestern Georgia, United States, that creates Carters Lake.
Description
The dam is Template:Convert tall and is situated Template:Convert above the mouth of the Coosawattee River. The drainage area is Template:Convert.[1]
The dam took 15 years to build and was completed in Template:Start date and age. The area of the primary flood control pool is Template:Convert. The top elevation of the dam is Template:Convert. The top width of the dam is Template:Convert. The dam is constructed of rock and earth and is the tallest earthen dam east of the Mississippi River.
The dam has a diversion tunnel that is Template:Convert. It is a horseshoe shape with a bottom width of Template:Convert.[2]
The lake is the deepest manmade reservoir east of the Mississippi River and deepest lake in Georgia.Template:Fact The created lake is more than Template:Convert deep and has Template:Convert of shoreline without any private docks or other development.Template:Fact
Hydroelectric plant
Below the dam is a Template:Convert retention and re-regulation lake (Reregulation Reservoir). The hydroelectric plant is of the pumped storage type. That is, during off-peak hours the water from the retention lake is pumped back up to Carters Lake for use in generating power during the next time of peak demand. The dam's power station contains 2 × Template:Convert Francis turbines and 2 × 160 MW Modified Francis pump turbines for used in pumped-storage (500MW).[3]
Electricity from the dam is marketed by the Southeastern Power Administration.[4]
See also
- List of dams and reservoirs in Georgia (U.S. state)
- List of power plants in Georgia
- Sixtoe Mound
- Pumped-storage hydroelectricity
- List of energy storage projects
- List of pumped-storage hydroelectric power stations
- United States Department of Energy Global Energy Storage Database
References
External links
- Georgia Trails: Carters Lake
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Carters Lake
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Carters Lake
- ↑ History and Facts: Carters Lake
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- Dams in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Buildings and structures in Murray County, Georgia
- United States Army Corps of Engineers dams
- Dams completed in 1977
- ACT River Basin
- 1977 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Pumped-storage hydroelectric power stations in the United States