Brainerd Dam

Brainerd Dam is a dam across the Mississippi River in the city of Brainerd, Minnesota, United States. It forms the back-waters known as Rice Lake.

In June 2014, the city of Brainerd purchased the dam formerly operated by Wausau Paper.[1]

Location: River Mile 1003.7
County: Crow Wing
Structure type: Concrete structure
Structure width: 451 feet (estimated)
River elevation (pool): 1,174 feet
River elevation (outflow): 1,152 feet
Water fall: 22 feet
Date built: 1888[2]

References

  1. ↑ Jessie Perrine, "Hydro dam purchase by city now official", Brainerd Dispatch, 24 June 2014
  2. ↑ http://www.johnweeks.com/river_mississippi/pages02/dam_brainerd.html
Upstream:
Grand Rapids Dam		 Locks and dams on the Mississippi River Downstream:
Little Falls Dam

Coordinates: 46°22′41″N 94°11′00″W / 46.37806°N 94.18333°W / 46.37806; -94.18333

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