Reusens Dam

Reusens Dam
Reusens Dam
	Location of Reusens Dam in Virginia
Location	Amherst County, Virginia, U.S.
Coordinates	37°27′47.68″N 79°11′10.44″W / 37.4632444°N 79.1862333°WCoordinates: 37°27′47.68″N 79°11′10.44″W / 37.4632444°N 79.1862333°W
Purpose	Power
Status	In use
Opening date	1903
Owner(s)
Operator(s)
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Concrete gravity and concrete arch
Impounds	James River
Height	24 feet
Length	416 feet
Power Station
Operator(s)
Turbines	5
Installed capacity	12.5 MW

The Reusens Dam is a 12.5 MW^[1] hydroelectric generation facility on the James River near the city of Lynchburg, Virginia. The project includes a concrete gravity dam spanning the left side of river which incorporates eight 16 3/4-foot-high flood gates, a 125 feet long by 25 feet tall concrete arch dam segment with 7 1/4-foot-high flashboards, and two separate power houses towards the right bank which contain hydroelectric generation equipment. The A and B power houses have installed capacities of 7.5 MW with three turbines and 5.0 MW with two turbines, respectively. The plant is used in a peaking capacity.^[2] The dam is located downstream of the smaller Holcomb Rock Dam and upstream of the Scotts Mill Dam. The typically submerged Bosher Dam near Richmond lies further downstream.^[3]

During the year ending September 30, 2014, the project did not produce any electricity.^[4]

References[]

^ https://www.appalachianpower.com/global/utilities/lib/docs/info/facts/factsheets/APCO_Fact_Sheet_2015.pdf
^ US Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, NIDID VA08701
^ Order issuing Appalachian Power Co new lic re Resusens Proj under P-2376. FERC Ascension Number 19940329-0351. FERC Project Number P-2376. March 18, 1994
^ Appalachian Power Company submits their Statement of Generation during the period 10/1/13 through 9/20/14 for the Claytor Project et al under P-739 et al. FERC Ascension Number 20141103-0049. FERC Project Number P-2376. October 23, 2014.

[1] ttps://www.appalachianpower.com/global/utilities/lib/docs/info/facts/factsheets/APCO_Fact_Sheet_2015.pdf

[2] US Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, NIDID VA08701

[3] Order issuing Appalachian Power Co new lic re Resusens Proj under P-2376. FERC Ascension Number 19940329-0351. FERC Project Number P-2376. March 18, 1994

[4] Appalachian Power Company submits their Statement of Generation during the period 10/1/13 through 9/20/14 for the Claytor Project et al under P-739 et al. FERC Ascension Number 20141103-0049. FERC Project Number P-2376. October 23, 2014.

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