WEED DAM HYDROELECTRIC FACILITY | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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WEED DAM HYDROELECTRIC FACILITY

Architecture and History Inventory
WEED DAM HYDROELECTRIC FACILITY | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:
Other Name:Earthen Embankments
Contributing:
Reference Number:204941
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):WEED DAM HYDROELECTRIC FACILITY
County:Shawano
City:Gresham
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:27
Range:14
Direction:E
Section:2
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1965
Additions:
Survey Date:2011
Historic Use:other
Architectural Style:NA (unknown or not a building)
Structural System:
Wall Material:
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information:The left embankment, also known as the north embankment, runs parallel to Lower Lake Road and has an approximate length of 700 feet. This structure consists of an impervious core with a semi-pervious upstream shell, a pervious downstream shell, and an eight-inch perforated drain pipe and filter system at the toe. The embankment crest is approximately 14 feet wide at an elevation of 902.2 feet. The upstream slope is protected by 1.5 feet of riprap down to an elevation of 892.2 feet, where a six-foot-wide berm has been constructed.

The right embankment, also known as the south embankment, has an approximate length of 700 feet. Like the left embankment, this structure consists of an impervious core with a semi-pervious upstream shell and a pervious downstream shell. The toe is constructed of dumped rock with a two-foot-thick filter gravel layer. The embankment crest is approximately 14 feet wide at an elevation of 902.2 feet. The upstream slope is protected by riprap and is sloped down to an elevation of 892.2 feet, where a six-foot-wide berm has been constructed and the slope flattens.
Bibliographic References:.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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