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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.
Learn about Shasta Dam, a major component of the Central Valley Project, and its history, features, and tours. Find out how to access the dam, its restricted area, and its temperature control device.
Learn about the history and significance of Shasta Dam, a key component of the Central Valley Project that provides water, power and flood control for California. See how the dam was built, what it looks like and what it offers for recreation and wildlife.
A lesser known but equally impressive feat is Shasta Dam located outside of Redding, in northern California. Shasta lake, is named after the fourteen thousand foot dormant volcano, Mt Shasta, which looms in the distance. It is the largest man-made reservoir in California.
Sep 15, 2014 · Shasta Dam forms California’s largest storage reservoir, Shasta Lake, which can hold about 4.5 million acre-feet. As the keystone of the federal Central Valley Project, Shasta stands among the world’s largest dams. Construction on the dam began in 1938 and was completed in 1945, with flood control as the highest priority.
An exciting historical portrait of the cornerstone of Reclamation's Central Valley Project: The Shasta Dam.
Shasta Lake, also popularly known as Lake Shasta, is a reservoir in Shasta County, California, United States. It began to store water in 1944 due to the impounding of the Sacramento River by Shasta Dam, the ninth tallest dam in the United States.
