Lake in Missouri, United States
The
Harry S Truman Reservoir
, also known as
Truman Lake
, is located in the state of
Missouri
,
United States
. It is located between
Clinton
and
Warsaw
, on the
Osage River
and extends south to
Osceola
. The dam is located in
Benton County
, but the reservoir also extends into parts of
Henry
,
St. Clair
, and
Hickory
counties.
History
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The
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
built and manages the lake and dam. It is used primarily for
flood
control. Other uses include
power generation
, recreation, and wildlife management.
Originally named
Kaysinger Bluff Dam and Reservoir
in 1954, when construction was authorized, construction began in August 1964. It was renamed the
Harry S Truman Dam and Reservoir
, in honor of the
former president
from Missouri, by
Congress
in 1970. Construction was completed in 1979. The Kaysinger name refers to the bluff immediately north next to where the dam was eventually constructed. The bluff or cliff, a popular landmark even before the dam, overlooked the confluence of the South Grand River, Tebo Creek and the Osage River. The visitor center now sits on the bluff.
Completing the Truman Project took many years of planning,
land acquisition
, constructing new
bridges
and demolishing old ones. Several roads, towns, and cemeteries had to be relocated. The first construction project completed on the project was relocating
Route 13
so it would be above maximum pool level.
The creation of the lake forced the closure of the
Frisco Railroad
's "Highline". Rising water levels severed the railroad tracks near
Osceola
and
Deepwater
and railroad officials declined to spend millions of dollars to reroute the lightly used tracks. The
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
, however, did relocate its main line between
La Due
and
Clinton
; the project included five miles of new track and a causeway/bridge combination over the lake.
Harry S Truman Regional Visitor Center
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The
Harry S Truman Regional Visitor Center
contains exhibits about the cultural and natural history of Truman Lake, environmental activities, the construction of the dam, the operation of the powerhouse, and the
US Army Corps of Engineers
. A 67-seat theater shows wildlife, history and water safety videos by request. The observation deck offers views of Truman Lake and part of the
Lake of the Ozarks
, as well as the dam.
Harry S Truman State Park
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Harry S Truman State Park
is located in
Benton County, Missouri
on a peninsula that juts out into the reservoir.
Weaubleau-Osceola structure
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The south-west portion of the lake makes up part of the circumference of the
Weaubleau-Osceola structure
, a 330-335 million year old impact crater.
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Harry S Truman Dam
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Dam type:
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Concrete gravity and earth embankment in two sections
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Length (total):
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5,964 feet (1,817.8 m)
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Length (concrete section):
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964 feet (293.8 m)
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Length (earth section):
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5,000 feet (1,524.0 m)
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Height above river bed:
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126 feet (38.4 m)
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Concrete volume:
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327,000 yd
3
(250,011 m
3
)
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Earth volume:
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8,500,000 yd
3
(6,498,755 m
3
)
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Spillway
length:
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190 feet (57.9 m) in four sections
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Tainter gates
:
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4
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Six turbines
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Rated at 160 megawatts
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References
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- ^
Corps of Engineers "what we do" page
Archived
2010-04-01 at the
Wayback Machine
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a
b
c
d
"Learn About the Lake"
. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District
. Retrieved
9 February
2016
.
- ^
Miller, J.F., Evans, K.R., Rovey, C.W., II, Ausich, W.L., Bolyard, S.E., Davis, G.H., Ethington, R.L., Sandberg, C.A., Thompson, T.L., and Waters, J.A., "Mixed-age echinoderms, conodonts, and other fossils used to date a meteorite impact, and implications for missing strata in the type Osagean (Mississippian) in Missouri, USA". Echinoderm Paleobiology, 2008, 53p.
External links
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