Wednesday was our last full day at the park and we had become fast friends with our "neighbors" in the campground Bob and Anna, who took pity on us (not having a car) and took us out to see the the Russell Dam.
Richard B. Russell Dam is a concrete-gravity and embankment dam located on the Savannah River at the border of South Carolina and Georgia, creating Richard B. Russell Lake. The dam was built by the Army Corps of Engineers between 1974 and 1985 for the purposes of flood control, hydroelectricity, recreation, additional stream flow regulation, water supply, and fish and wildlife management. Whew!
Richard B. Russell Dam is a concrete-gravity and embankment dam located on the Savannah River at the border of South Carolina and Georgia, creating Richard B. Russell Lake. The dam was built by the Army Corps of Engineers between 1974 and 1985 for the purposes of flood control, hydroelectricity, recreation, additional stream flow regulation, water supply, and fish and wildlife management. Whew!
It was a beautiful day for a drive!
The concrete structure of the dam spans 1,904 feet and rises 210 feet above the riverbed, housing a hydro-power plant with an installed. The Ricard B. Russell Dam is the final large dam completed by the Army Corps in the Savannah River Basin and lies 30 miles downstream from the Hartwell Dam (1962) and 37 miles upstream from the J. Strom Thurmond Dam (1954).
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