Английская Википедия:Box Canyon Dam (California)
Box Canyon Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Upper Sacramento River impounding Lake Siskiyou reservoir, in Siskiyou County, northern California.[1][2]
Description
The dam and reservoir are located in Box Canyon of the eastern Trinity Mountains and within the Shasta–Trinity National Forest, southwest of the town of Mount Shasta and Mount Shasta peak.
Box Canyon Dam is Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert high. The dam is owned and operated by Siskiyou County's Flood Control & Water Conservation District and Siskiyou Power Authority, and was completed in 1965 to provide flood control.[3] In 1965, a powerhouse was installed to provide hydroelectric power.[4]
History
Beginning in April of 1959, the State of California appropriated funding to study the feasibility of building the dam.[5]
Recreation
The Box Canyon Trail begins on the north side of Box Canyon Dam, following the Upper Sacramento River down the narrow canyon to the outskirts of the town of Mount Shasta.[6] The Lake Siskiyou Trail encircles the lake, including a crossing atop the dam.[7][8]
See also
References
External links
- Living Shasta Photography Blog: Lake Siskiyou's Box Canyon Dam — photo gallery, interiors/exteriors of dam + powerhouse.
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- ↑ Waymarking.com: Box Canyon Dam (Siskiyou County, California) . accessed 3.16.2016.
- ↑ Water.ca.gov − online Water Data Library: "Box Canyon Project Feasibility Study" — Bulletin No. 162, December 1965, pub. California State Resources Agency + Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA.
- ↑ Siskiyou.ca.us: County of Siskiyou General Services, Flood Control & Water Conservation District
- ↑ Siskiyou.ca.us: County of Siskiyou General Services, Siskiyou Power Authority
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Hike Mount Shasta Blog: The Box Canyon Trail
- ↑ Mount Shasta Trail Association (MSTA): The Lake Siskiyou Trail
- ↑ MSTA: Lake Siskiyou Trail aerial view map
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