Lake Spaulding Dam from Emigrant Gap vista point off Interstate 80Yuba River watershedLake Spaulding Dam overflowing in 1914
Lake Spaulding Dam[1] (National ID # CA00358) is a dam in Nevada County, California.
Owned and operated by Pacific Gas & Electric for hydroelectric power generation, the 275-foot (84 m)-high dam was designed by John R. Freeman and completed in 1913 (111 years ago) (1913).[2][3]
It impounds the South Fork of the Yuba River, which originates near Donner Pass. At the time of construction it was the highest dam in California,[4] and one of ten PG&E hydroelectric facilities.[5] A temporary camp called Camp Spaulding, California was established to house workers on the dam during its construction.
Lake Spaulding, the reservoir created by the dam, has a capacity of 74,773 acre-feet (92,231,000 m3)[2] and supports recreational camping, boating, fishing, and underwater diving.[6]
^ a b"Dams Within the Jurisdiction of the State of California (H-M)" (PDF). California Department of Water Resources, Division of Safety of Dams. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 5, 2012. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
^"Biographical Memoir of John Ripley Freeman, 1855–1932" (PDF). National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
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