Bailey's Dam | |
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![]() Remnants of Bailey's Dam in 1984 | |
Location | Alexandria / Pineville, Louisiana |
Construction began | April 28, 1864 |
Opening date | May 8, 1864 |
Demolition date | May 13, 1864 |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Rock-crib |
Impounds | Red River |
Height | ~7 ft. |
Length | ~758 ft. |
Bailey's Dam Site | |
Location | Red River S of U.S. 71, Alexandria, Louisiana |
Coordinates | 31°19′32″N 92°27′7″W / 31.32556°N 92.45194°W |
Area | 8 acres (3.2 ha) |
Built | 1864 |
NRHP reference No. | 76000973[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 29, 1976 |
Bailey's Dam was a timber dam on the Red River in Alexandria, Louisiana. It was built in 1864 during the Red River Campaign in the American Civil War. It was planned by Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Bailey to afford passage over the Alexandria rapids for part of Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter's Mississippi River Squadron. The dam successfully raised the level of the river and was then breached in order to allow the boats in its reservoir to pass downstream.[2][3]
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