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Orwell Dam

Orwell Dam

Dam in Otter Tail County, Minnesota

For the lake in the South Orkney Islands, see Orwell Lake.

Orwell Dam (National ID # MN00574) is a dam in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, about six miles southwest of Fergus Falls.

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The earthen gravity dam was constructed in 1953 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, with a height of 60 feet and a length of 1355 feet at its crest.[1] It impounds the Otter Tail River for flood control, irrigation water storage, and municipal drinking water.[2] The dam is owned and operated by the St. Paul District, Mississippi Valley Division, Corps of Engineers.

The reservoir it creates, Orwell Lake, has a normal water surface of 1.3 square miles, with a maximum capacity of 20,600 acre-feet.[3] Recreation includes hunting, boating, and fishing (for walleye, northern, crappie and redhorse sucker).[4]

References

  1. [1]
    http://ce-npdp-serv2.stanford.edu/DamDirectory/DamDetail.jsp?npdp_id=MN00574 [dead link]
  2. [2]
    "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2012-09-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. [3]
    "Orwell Reservoir and Dam". findlakes.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-18.
  4. [4]
    "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2012-09-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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