Shasta Dam
is located about 9 miles northwest of Redding, California, on the Sacramento
River. Built during the 7-year period between 1928-1945, the dam is a concrete
gravity dam 602 feet high and provides flood control, power generation,
and water supply benefits. Shasta Dam and Shasta Lake are key facilities
in the Central Valley Project (CVP), the largest and most elaborate water
management and delivery system in the world. The water stored in the reservoir
represents 41 percent of the available water storage in the entire CVP.
ABOVE
and BELOW: The two RV Gypsies enjoyed various views of Shasta Dam, Mt.
Shasta and more from over-looks.
Views
of Shasta Dam from the visitor center. If every family in America had
a swimming pool, the water held back by the dam would be enough to fill
every one of them. Amazing!
Below:
Views looking down from the bridge over the dam at Shasta Dam.
Below:
Views looking down and out from the bridge at Shasta
Dam
Below:
Lee Duquette on the bridge over the Shasta Dam
Below:
More details About Shasta Dam
Height of structure:
Mass Concrete: 6,541,00
cubic yards
(6.5 million cubic yards of concrete is enough to make an average sized
sidewalk long enough to go around the world at the equator.)
Length of crest:
Thickness at base inc. spillway apron:
Thickness at crest:
Width of crest roadway and sidewalks:
Weight of dam:
