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Pokegama Lake
Pokegama Lake is the name used for two lakes in the U.S. state of Minnesota.
One is located near Grand Rapids in Itasca County. The lake was made into a reservoir by the construction of the Pokegama Lake Dam on the Mississippi River in Cohas ...
, Pine County, Minnesota
Pokegama Lake Dam (National ID MN00584) is a dam in
Cohasset,
Itasca County, Minnesota, northwest of the city of
Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids is a city and county seat of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 198,917 which ranks it as the second most-populated city in the state after Detroit. Grand Rapids is the ...
.
The concrete and timber crib dam was constructed in 1884 by the
United States Army Corps of Engineers, with a height of , and a length of at its crest. It impounds the Upper
Mississippi River for flood control, navigation, and municipal drinking water. Rebuilt in 1936, the dam is owned and operated by the
Mississippi Valley Division of the Corps of Engineers.
The dam creates a system of connected reservoirs with a total maximum capacity of 120,000
acre-feet, and a normal capacity of 82,000 acre-feet: Jay Gould Lake, Cut-Off Lake, and the largest,
Pokegama Lake
Pokegama Lake is the name used for two lakes in the U.S. state of Minnesota.
One is located near Grand Rapids in Itasca County. The lake was made into a reservoir by the construction of the Pokegama Lake Dam on the Mississippi River in Cohas ...
. The dam is the location of a number of
Minnesota weather records.
Pedestrian bridge
During rehabilitation work in 2011, a new pedestrian bridge was constructed on the concrete footings on the downstream side of the dam, connecting the Pokegama Recreation Area Campground to the south side of the Mississippi River.
See also
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List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River
References
External links
USACE page*
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) documentation:
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Dams in Minnesota
Reservoirs in Minnesota
United States Army Corps of Engineers dams
Buildings and structures in Itasca County, Minnesota
Dams completed in 1884
Historic American Engineering Record in Minnesota
Lakes of Itasca County, Minnesota