Lake Hamilton | |
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Location | Garland County, Arkansas, United States |
Coordinates | 34°25′57″N 93°05′19″W / 34.4325°N 93.0887°W |
Type | reservoir |
Primary inflows | Ouachita River |
Primary outflows | Ouachita River |
Basin countries | United States |
Surface area | 7,200 acres (2,900 ha) |
Carpenter Dam | |
Nearest city | Hot Springs, Arkansas |
Coordinates | 34°26′32″N 93°01′33″W / 34.44222°N 93.02583°W |
Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
Built | 1931 |
Built by | Ford, Bacon, & Davis Co. |
Engineer | Ford, Bacon, & Davis Co.[2] |
Architectural style | Solid, concrete gravity dam |
NRHP reference No. | 92001083[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 4, 1992 |
Lake Hamilton and Lake Catherine are a pair of man-made lakes located in Hot Springs, Arkansas, serving as a tourist attraction for the area. Both lakes were developed by Arkansas Power & Light. The lakes were built as part of Federal Project #271 a hydroelectric development for creating hydroelectric dams.[3]
Lake Catherine | |
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Location | Garland / Hot Spring counties, Arkansas, United States |
Coordinates | 34°26′39″N 92°54′48″W / 34.4442°N 92.9134°W |
Basin countries | United States |
Surface area | 1,940 acres (790 ha) |
yes | |
Remmel Dam | |
Nearest city | Jones Mill, Arkansas |
Coordinates | 34°25′37″N 92°53′38″W / 34.42694°N 92.89389°W |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
Built | 1924 |
Built by | Ford,Bacon, & Davis Co., Ambursen Construction Co.[4] |
Engineer | Ford,Bacon, & Davis Co., Ambursen Construction Co. |
Architectural style | Flat-slab buttress |
NRHP reference No. | 92001084[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 4, 1992 |