Poe Dam

Poe Dam is a concrete gravity hydroelectric diversion dam on the North Fork Feather River, about 5mi north of Lake Oroville in Butte County, California in the United States. Completed in 1959, the dam is the lowermost component of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company's Feather River Canyon Power Project, a system of 10 hydroelectric stations along the North Fork. The dam is 62ft high and 441ft long, with water flows controlled by five 50x radial gates.The dam diverts water through an 6.3mi tunnel to the Poe Powerhouse, located on the upper reaches of Lake Oroville. The powerhouse has a rated hydraulic head of 477ft and a capacity of 143 megawatts, generating about 500 million kilowatt hours annually.