Gavins Point Dam
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Gavins Point Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Missouri River in the U.S. states of Nebraska and South Dakota. Built from 1952 to 1957, it impounds Lewis and Clark Lake build from 1952. The dam is on the Nebraska-South Dakota border, west of Yankton, South Dakota.
Gavins Point Dam is the most downstream dam on the Missouri, and was built as part of the Pick-Sloan Plan. The dam area (with Lewis and Clark Lake) is a very popular regional tourist destination having hosted over one million visitors.[1]
The stretch of the Missouri immediately downstream of Gavins Point Dam is the only significant section of non-channelized meandering stream on the lower portion of the river. This federally-designated Wild and Scenic River is among the last free-flowing stretches of the Missouri; it exhibits the islands, bars, chutes, and snags that once characterized the "Mighty Mo".
The dam has a hydroelectric plant with three generators, each having a nameplate capacity of 44,099 kW, for a total of 132.297 MW.[2]
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- ^ "Gavins Point Dam". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:829477. Retrieved 2006-05-10.
- ^ "Gavins Point Dam & Powerplant". United States Army Corps of Engineers. 2008-10-24. https://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/html/Lake_Proj/gavinspoint/dam.html. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
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Coordinates: 42°51′43″N 97°29′07″W / 42.861944°N 97.485278°W
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