4-610: Ridgway Reservoir is a lake impounded by Ridgway Dam ( 38°14′13″N 107°45′31″W / 38.23688°N 107.75865°W / 38.23688; -107.75865 ) on the Uncompahgre River north of the town of Ridgway in Ouray County, Colorado in the western United States . Ridgway Dam was built as part of the Dallas Creek Project. Construction began in 1978 and completed in 1987. The lake
8-515: The abandonment of the Ridgway Branch of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad . In 2014, work was completed on retrofitting the dam to add a hydroelectric plant . The dam's operator, Tri-County Water Conservancy District, installed two turbines and generators, an 8 kW system and a 7.2 MW system. The larger one is used in summer and the smaller one in winter. The electricity created
12-402: The town of Ridgway in Ouray County, Colorado . The dam is 332 ft (101 m) high and 2,465 ft (751 m) long, with a capacity of 84,410 acre⋅ft (104,120,000 m ) of water . Ridgway Dam was built as part of the Dallas Creek Project. Construction began in 1978 and completed in 1987. The construction of the dam forced the re-routing of U.S. Highway 550 to the east and
16-521: Was first filled in 1990 as an aid to irrigation of the Uncompahgre Valley and flood control. Today recreation opportunities are provided at Ridgway State Park along the lake. This Colorado state location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ridgway Dam Ridgway Dam is an earthen dam on the Uncompahgre River which impounds Ridgway Reservoir , located about 6 miles (10 km) north of
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