Don Pedro Dam | |
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Official name | Old Don Pedro Dam |
Location | Tuolumne County, California |
Coordinates | 37°42′45″N 120°24′07″W / 37.7125°N 120.4020°W |
Opening date | 1924 |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Concrete thick arch/gravity |
Impounds | Tuolumne River |
Height | 283 ft (86 m) |
Length | 1,000 ft (300 m) |
Width (crest) | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
Width (base) | 170 ft (52 m) |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Don Pedro Reservoir |
Total capacity | 290,400 acre⋅ft (358,200,000 m3) |
Power Station | |
Turbines | 4 |
Installed capacity | 30 MW |
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.