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Lake Hamilton and Lake Catherine

Man-made lakes in Arkansas, U.S.

Man-made lakes in Arkansas, U.S.

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nameLake Hamilton
imageLake_Hamilton_AR-kmf.JPG
pushpin_mapArkansas
locationGarland County, Arkansas,
United States
coords
typereservoir
inflowOuachita River
outflowOuachita River
basin_countriesUnited States
area7200 acre
embedyes
nameCarpenter Dam
nearest_cityHot Springs, Arkansas
coordinates
built
builderFord, Bacon, & Davis Co.
engineerFord, Bacon, & Davis Co.
architectureSolid, concrete gravity dam
addedSeptember 4, 1992
area7200 acre
refnum92001083

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Lake Hamilton and Lake Catherine are a pair of man-made lakes located in Hot Springs, Arkansas, serving as a tourist attraction for the area. Both lakes were developed by Arkansas Power & Light. The lakes were built as part of Federal Project #271 a hydroelectric development for creating hydroelectric dams. | max-depth =

History

Lake Hamilton

Lake Hamilton is a 7200 acre reservoir near Lake Hamilton, Arkansas and Hot Springs, Arkansas, located on the Ouachita River. It was named after Hamilton Moses, who later became president and chairman of the board for Arkansas Power and Light. The lake was created in 1932, formed as a result of Carpenter Dam (after Flavius Josephus Carpenter) which was constructed to generate hydroelectric power. The dam, which extends in a length of 1000 ft and a height of 100 ft high, was completed a year earlier in 1931. The lake subsequently functioned as a recreational site after attracting tourists, later spurring the development of resorts, restaurants, motels, and water sport facilities in its area. The Garvan Woodland Gardens, a 210 acre botanical park is located along its shore. Carpenter Dam was later listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

Lake Catherine

Lake Catherine is the smaller of the two lakes, sized at 1940 acre. The Lake Catherine State Park is located on the lake's shore. The lake was created in the 1920's with the building of Remmel Dam, a concrete-and-steel Ambursen-type buttressed dam. Remmel Dam was created to provide hydroelectricity, but the lake later developed into a recreational site as a result of lake's location next to Hot Springs.

Lake Catherine is named after Harvey Couch's daughter, Catherine, the creator of the lake.

References

References

  1. "NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM".
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  3. "Hydroelectric operations {{!}} Entergy {{!}} We power life.".
  4. "NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM".
  5. "Remmel, Catherine, Carpenter, and Hamilton: Who were they?".
  6. "Colter Hamilton (Ham) Moses (1888–1966)".
  7. "NRHP nomination for Carpenter Dam". Arkansas Preservation.
  8. "Encyclopedia of Arkansas".
  9. "Harvey C. Couch".
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