Cherry Valley Dam

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Cherry Valley Dam is a concrete arch dam in Tuolumne County, California, that creates Cherry Lake as part of the Hetch Hetchy water and hydroelectric system serving the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Cherry Valley Dam canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concrete arch dam ⓘ
dam ⓘ
completedIn 1956 ⓘ
constructionBegan 1953 ⓘ
constructionMaterial concrete ⓘ
coordinates 38.047°N 119.886°W ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createsReservoir Cherry Lake ⓘ
damType arch dam ⓘ
hasPowerPlant Cherry hydroelectric facilities ⓘ
height 315 feet ⓘ
96 meters ⓘ
impounds Cherry Creek ⓘ
length 244 meters ⓘ
800 feet ⓘ
locatedIn California ⓘ
Stanislaus National Forest ⓘ
Tuolumne County, California ⓘ
linked to: Tuolumne County
locatedNear Yosemite National Park ⓘ
locatedOn Cherry Creek ⓘ
openingYear 1956 ⓘ
operator San Francisco Public Utilities Commission ⓘ
ownedBy City and County of San Francisco ⓘ
partOf Hetch Hetchy Project ⓘ
Hetch Hetchy hydroelectric system ⓘ
Hetch Hetchy water system ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
water storage ⓘ
reservoirCapacity 273,500 acre-feet ⓘ
reservoirElevation 1,433 meters ⓘ
4,700 feet ⓘ
reservoirName Cherry Lake ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea 1,500 acres ⓘ
riverBasin Tuolumne River basin ⓘ
serves San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
spillwayType overflow spillway ⓘ
usedFor municipal water supply ⓘ
recreation at Cherry Lake ⓘ
watershed Sierra Nevada ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cherry Creek (Tuolumne County, California) → impoundedBy → Cherry Valley Dam ⓘ
subject linked to: Cherry Creek
Cherry Lake → formedByDam → Cherry Valley Dam ⓘ