Don Pedro Dam - Wikipedia
The Don Pedro Dam, since 1971 also known as the Old Don Pedro Dam, was a dam across the Tuolumne River in Tuolumne County, California. The structure still exists and is flooded underneath Don Pedro Reservoir, which is formed by the New Don Pedro Dam.
New Don Pedro Dam - Wikipedia
New Don Pedro Dam, often known simply as Don Pedro Dam, is an earthen embankment dam across the Tuolumne River, about 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of La Grange, in Tuolumne County, California. The dam was completed in 1971, after four years of construction, to replace the 1924 concrete-arch Don Pedro Dam . The dam serves mainly for irrigation ...
Don Pedro Reservoir - Wikipedia
Don Pedro Reservoir, also known as Lake Don Pedro, is a reservoir formed by the construction of the New Don Pedro Dam across the Tuolumne River in Tuolumne County, California, United States. [1]
Don Pedro Project - TID Water & Power
With a base thickness of nearly 2,800 feet and rising to a crest width of just 40 feet, Don Pedro Dam is truly an amazing structure. Constructed of an impervious clay core protected by earth and rockfill, most of which was locally sourced from dredge tailings in …
History - Don Pedro Lake
The dam was named for the town, but no one remembered Sainsevain. In 1971, a new and vastly larger dam was completed by the same irrigation districts and San Francisco, inundating the first dam entirely. It too was named Don Pedro Dam after the mining town.
Don Pedro Reservoir - Modesto Irrigation District
Don Pedro Reservoir is the sixth-largest body of water in California and has a maximum storage capacity of 2,030,000 acre-feet. It is 26 miles long with 160 miles of shoreline. The water it holds could cover one million football fields to a depth of two feet.
New Don Pedro Dam - WorldAtlas
Jul 5, 2022 · New Don Pedro Dam is a 585ft tall earthen embankment dam that spans the Tuolumne River and is situated in Tuolumne County in the US State of California. After four years of construction, the dam was finished in 1971 and …
Don Pedro Main Dam, California | All You Need To Know
Don Pedro Main Dam is an earth rockfill dam located about 4 miles from La Grange, Tuolumne, California. The dam, which is on the Tuolumne River, was primarily built for Hydroelectric purposes, but also serves for Irrigation, Fish and Wildlife Pond, Recreation and Flood Risk Reduction benefits.
Don Pedro Powerhouse - TID Water & Power
Construction on the new Don Pedro Dam began in fall 1967 and was completed in 1971 at a cost of $105 million. Built primarily for irrigation water storage, the reservoir has a capacity of 2,030,000 acre feet and has many additional benefits …
Don Pedro Lake Site – Don Pedro Lake Site
The old Don Pedro Dam still exists at Don Pedro Lake. Some 220’ under the water of a full lake, the old Don Pedro Dam is 1.5 miles upstream from the current dam’s location. Completed in 1923, it was, at the time, the world’s largest concrete gravity dam.