Big Bend Dam South Dokota Floor Plans

The dam itself is unusual in that it s embankment is curved.

Big bend dam south dokota floor plans. The big bend dam near fort thompson south dakota is named for an unusual horse shoe shaped bend in the missouri river. The lake extends for 80 miles up the missouri river to oahe dam. Army corps of engineers omaha district 1616 capital. Big bend hydroelectric power plant is operated to meet peak demands for electricity in the missouri river basin.

Update of design memorandum mb 90 5a. It is so named because it was first reported from a site excavated at the little settlement of la roche south dakota now under the waters of the big bend reservoir. Big bend dam lake sharpe master plan missouri river south dakota. Dak february 16 1959.

Get this from a library. The others are fort peck garrison oahe fort randall and. It was the last of the four major dams in south dakota to be constructed. Big bend dam was the last of the six great missouri river dams built under the pick sloan act of 1944.

Big bend dam is a major embankment rolled earth dam on the missouri river in central south dakota united states creating lake sharpe the dam was constructed by the u s. Mccook lake in union county. Army corps of engineers as part of the pick sloan plan for missouri watershed development authorized by the flood control act of. Hydropower at big bend power generation began at the facility in 1964 and the entire complex was completed in 1966 at a total cost of 107 million.

Performing organization name s and address es u s. Hearing before a subcommittee of the committee on public works united states senate eighty sixth congress first session on problems arising from the construction of big bend dam s. The dam takes its name from the unique bend in the missouri river just seven miles upstream. Near chamberlain s d river mile 987 4 big bend dam takes its name from the unique bend in the missouri river seven miles upstream from the dam.

At this point in its course the missouri makes almost a complete loop traveling 25 miles before returning to the neck where the land is only about one mile wide. Plans for big bend dam south dakota. Work unit number 7. Lake sharpe from big bend dam upstream to oahe dam including the bad river from its confluence with lake sharpe upstream to the u s.

Committee on public works. Program element number 6. Army corps of engineers as part of the pick sloan plan for missouri watershed development authorized by the flood control act of 1944 construction began in 1959 and the embankment was completed in july 1963. Big bend dam is a major embankment rolled earth dam on the missouri river in central south dakota united states creating lake sharpe.