Private tour inside Greers Ferry Dam -to the bottom! | Hydropower Plant | Heber Springs, AR | S2 E25

In this episode we are doing something that few have had the opportunity to do since 9/11. We are getting a full tour of Greers Ferry Dam in Heber Springs, Arkansas from the United States Army Corps of engineers.

The Greers Ferry dam was completed in December of 1962 and was dedicated by President John F Kennedy.

It was one of JFK's last official events before his assassination just a few weeks later.

The Greers Ferry Dam created the massive reservoir named Greers Ferry Lake.

The reservoir consists of two lakes connected by a water-filled gorge called the Narrows (over by Lacey’s Marina). The combination of the two lakes and the Narrows is Greers Ferry Lake and totals about 40,500 acres.

This tour will take us deep inside Greers Ferry Dam where we can feel the chill of the deep waters on the other side of the dam walls.

Led by Jay Townsend, Chief Public Affairs Officer at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District, we will also witness where generation begins, how it fills the Little Red River and how it affects our country.

Facts about Greers Ferry Dam and Greers Ferry Lake per USACE:

Location: Greers Ferry Dam is located on the Little Red River at river mile 79.0, three miles northeast of Heber Springs, Arkansas. There are 1,146 square miles of drainage area above the dam.

Purpose: The lake is one of five multiple-purpose projects constructed in the White River Basin for the control of floods and generation of hydroelectric power. The project also offers excellent recreational opportunities.

Construction: Construction of the dam began in March 1959 and was completed in December 1962. Powerhouse construction ended in July 1964 with the entire project costing $46 million.

Dam size: 1704 ft concrete dam, 243 feet high, 2 auxiliary earthen dams - 3,350 linear feet and 4,500 linear feet respectively

Lake elevation:
at conservation pool - 462.04 ft msl
at flood control pool - 487 ft msl

Shoreline length:
at conservation pool - 272 miles
at flood control pool - 343 miles

Total storage capacity: 2.8 million acre feet or 926 Billion Gallons

Hydropower: Two Generating units rated at 48,000 kilowatts per unit

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00:00 Dam Tour
00:58 USACE Welcome
02:42 Piano Strings and seismology
06:03 House generator
11:11 Flood control & power
16:51 If the dam breaks...
19:49 To the bottom of Greers Ferry Dam
22:36 Power Plant view
24:00 Little Red River
26:20 Dam Stats
31:31 Generation begins
35:21 Hydropower Plant Tour
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