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|image= Lewiston dam us bor.jpg
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|official_name= Lewiston Dam<ref name = NPDP> [http://npdp.stanford.edu/DamDirectory/DamDetail.jsp?npdp_id=CA10165] accessed 2008-01-10</ref>
|official_name= Lewiston Dam<ref name = NPDP> [http://npdp.stanford.edu/DamDirectory/DamDetail.jsp?npdp_id=CA10165 NPDP site] accessed 2008-01-10</ref>
|crosses= Trinity River
|crosses= Trinity River
|reservoir= Lewiston Lake
|reservoir= Lewiston Lake
|locale= [[Weaverville, California]]
|locale= [[Weaverville, California]]
|maint= US Bureau of Reclamation <ref name = BoR> [http://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/dams/ca10165.htm BoR site]</ref>
|maint= US Bureau of Reclamation <ref name = BoR> [http://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/dams/ca10165.htm BoR site] accessed 2008-01-10</ref>
|length= 745 ft<ref name = BoR/>
|length= 745 ft<ref name = BoR/>
|height= 91 ft<ref name = BoR/>
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'''Lewiston Dam''' is a earthfill [[dam]] on the [[Trinity River (California)|Trinity River]] that forms [[Lewiston Lake]] near [[Redding, California]]. The 91-foot high earthfill dam is seven miles downstream of [[Trinity Dam]] and was built by the [[U.S. Bureau of Reclamation]]. Construction was completed in [[1963]]. Lewiston Lake and Dam are part of the [[Central Valley Project]], which harnesses the waters from the [[Sacramento River]] and [[San Joaquin River]] [[drainage basin|watershed]]s to [[irrigation|irrigate]] the [[California Central Valley|Central Valley]], and provide hydroelectricity.
'''Lewiston Dam''' is a earthfill [[dam]] on the [[Trinity River (California)|Trinity River]] that forms [[Lewiston Lake]] near [[Weaverville, California]].<ref name = BoR/> The 91-foot high earthfill dam is seven miles downstream of [[Trinity Dam]] and was built by the [[U.S. Bureau of Reclamation]].<ref name = BoR/> Construction was completed in [[1963]].<ref name = NPDP/> Lewiston Lake and Dam are part of the [[Central Valley Project]], which harnesses the waters from the [[Sacramento River]] and [[San Joaquin River]] [[drainage basin|watershed]]s to [[irrigation|irrigate]] the [[California Central Valley|Central Valley]], and provide hydroelectricity.<ref name = BoR/>

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Revision as of 17:22, 10 January 2008

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Lewiston Dam is a earthfill dam on the Trinity River that forms Lewiston Lake near Weaverville, California.[1] The 91-foot high earthfill dam is seven miles downstream of Trinity Dam and was built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.[1] Construction was completed in 1963.[2] Lewiston Lake and Dam are part of the Central Valley Project, which harnesses the waters from the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River watersheds to irrigate the Central Valley, and provide hydroelectricity.[1]

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  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference NPDP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).



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