Loveland Dam (also called Sweetwater Falls Dam) is a dam across the Sweetwater River in

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. The dam forms long, narrow

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which stores of water. It is operated primarily for

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and municipal water storage in conjunction with downstream

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but the reservoir is also open to the public for fishing. The dam stands high and spans across the narrow gorge of the Sweetwater River, south of

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. It is built entirely of concrete and has a thin arch design. Loveland is the younger of the two dams on the Sweetwater River; the other, Sweetwater, was built in 1888 while Loveland was only constructed in 1945. It is named after Chester H. Loveland, president of the California Water and Telephone Corporation, the firm that built it. The Loveland Reservoir is considered a better water storage facility than Sweetwater because of its much smaller surface area (454 acres compared to 960) and comparable capacity, thus it is less vulnerable to evaporation.

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