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Shasta Dam (called Kennett Dam before its construction) is a concrete arch-gravity dam across the Sacramento River in Northern California in the United States. At 602 feet (183 m) high, it is the eighth-tallest dam in the United States .
Shasta Dam Visitor Center. Starting June 3, 2024, the Shasta Dam Visitors Center will be open seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Shasta Dam and Powerplant Tour with a Tour Guide - Temporarily Canceled. Please be advised that our Tour Elevator is out of service until further notice.
The 602 foot-high, concrete, curved gravity dam holds back an immense blue reservoir, Lake Shasta, which boasts a 365-mile shoreline nestled amid evergreen hills and the snow-covered volcanic peak of Mount Shasta.
I have seen a lot of spectacular man-made icons including Hoover dam, Golden Gate Bridge, ... still, Shasta dam is one of the more amazing examples of human engineering. Add to that the surrounding area is beautiful and it makes for great family destination.
The three Shastas - Shasta Dam, Shasta Lake, and Mt. Shasta - can be seen from the Shasta Dam Vista Point. Operated by the U.S.Water and Power Resources Service, Shasta Dam provides a variety of services including irrigation, power, and flood control.
Sep 15, 2014 · Located 12 miles north of Redding, Shasta traps the cold waters of the Pit and McCloud rivers and the headwaters of the Sacramento River behind its 602-foot curved, concrete face. Roughly 90 percent of the water stored in Shasta Lake comes from rainfall.
An exciting historical portrait of the cornerstone of Reclamation's Central Valley Project: The Shasta Dam.
