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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.

Construction

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Don Pedro Dam is named after Don Pedro Sainsevain.

It was a solid concrete gravity dam that was Шаблон:Convert high, Шаблон:Convert wide, Шаблон:Convert thick at the crest, and Шаблон:Convert thick at the base. It was completed in 1923 where the Tuolumne River had carved a narrow gorge with walls of solid rock about a mile (2 km) below Don Pedro Bar. The reservoir created by this dam contained Шаблон:Convert of water when full, 14.3% of today's capacity.

A 15 megawatt power plant was part of the dam's original design, and two more 7500 kilowatt generators were added in 1926 for 30 megawatts total, just 15% of today's capacity. The old dam still exists about Шаблон:Convert upstream from the new 1971 dam, and since the old dam topped out at just Шаблон:Convert above sea level it is now under some Шаблон:Convert of water when the new reservoir is full.

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