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Chippewa Falls Dam
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Chippewa Falls Hydroelectric Dam
The dam was built in 1928 by Northern States Power Company on the site of what was once one of the largest saw mills in the world. Within a distance of about a mile, the river is crossed by two highway bridges, two rail trestles and this dam.
It is just downriver from the Lake Wissota Dam, which created Lake Wissota and is mentioned in the movie Titanic, although the dam, and Lake Wissota, were not completed until 1918.
This photo was taken from the Main Street Bridge. (Which is a modern slab and is not listed here.)
Photo taken by J.R. Manning
BH Photo #142451
Facts
- Overview
- Hydroelectric dam over Chippewa River in Chippewa Falls
- Location
- Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County, Wisconsin
- Status
- In operation
- History
- Built 1928 by Northern States Power Company
- Design
- Hydroelectric Dam
- Also called
- Northern States Power Hydroelectric Plant
Xcel Energies Chippewa Falls Hydroelectric Plant - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.93238, -91.38961 (decimal degrees)
44°55'57" N, 91°23'23" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/627072/4976700 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Chippewa Falls
- Inventory number
- BH 42993 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
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I am 13 and i live in denver clolorado we travel to chippewa falls we own a house on the lake up river lake wissota. the dam provides a great place to put in kayaks or canoes also a great place to catch fish such as catfish sturgeon or musky