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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:WEED DAM
Contributing:
Reference Number:204981
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:dam/lock
Architectural Style:NA (unknown or not a building)
Structural System:
Wall Material:
Architect: James D. Calvert
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 concrete spillway structure includes four steel tainter gates. Each tainter gate is 14 feet wide, five feet high, and has a radius of six feet, three inches. The rollway crest is at an elevation of 892.2 feet. The spillway structure is founded on and keyed into the existing bedrock. The tailrace immediately downstream of the spillway structure is exposed bedrock.
Bibliographic References:.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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