170:, began advocating for more irrigation in the western United States in order to further the United States' agricultural growth. His advocacy had begun when he first moved to Nevada in 1888 and began to dream up a new irrigation system for the west. Newlands called his project the Truckee Irrigation Project, which ultimately was unsuccessful as a private venture. However, although Newlands did not find success in his short career as an entrepreneur, his quest for more irrigation became part of the reason Newlands was voted into office. It was not until 1901, however, when
195:
control Tahoe Dam and some 14 acres surrounding the outlet was purchased for a total of $ 139,500 by the federal government. Prior to this change of ownership, both the
Truckee River General Electric and the USBR contributed to the replacement of the small original rock-filled wooden dam with a more sustainable concrete slab and buttress structure dam. Tahoe Dam was slightly modernized in 1987 by the Safety of Dams Program, and it is this version of the dam which still in operation today.
259:
32:
142:, the right to build a dam on Tahoe's outlet. A small dam was then built from lumber and rocks. However, this did not discourage Von Schmidt, who, in the following year, continued to push for the ability to divert water to San Francisco. He eventually proposed his idea to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, which was to channel the water from the Truckee River to
150:, and then finally through an aqueduct towards San Francisco. This project, in total would have cost $ 10 million at the time (today roughly $ 200 million) and had been approved by the San Francisco city supervisors, but was ultimately shut down by the mayor of San Francisco, who was wary of the possible lawsuits over water rights which could come his way.
159:
124:
second (59 m/s). It is situated 400 feet downstream from the lake's natural shore. This is meant to help hydraulic control during a dry season with low water levels. The reservoir receives water from a catchment of 505 sq mi (1,310 km) and has a maximum storage capacity of 732,000 acre⋅ft (0.903 km).
186:(USBR). The first of five projects created from the Reclamation Act was the Truckee–Carson Project, later renamed the Newlands Project, as Representative Newlands had been the bills main figurehead. Construction for the Newlands Project began in 1903 and they quickly made progress on building the Derby Dam and the Truckee Canal.
245:
fish species. The main problem which the Paiute Tribe had identified was that part of the
Truckee River naturally flows into Pyramid Lake within the Paiute Reservation. However, with irrigation interference from the U.S. Government, Pyramid Lake received less water than it needed for its ecosystem to
137:
In the early 1860s, Russian born and San
Francisco based engineer Alexis Waldemar Von Schmidt bought a large amount of land in the Tahoe-Truckee area with the hope of sending water westward to San Francisco via an aqueduct. He created the Lake Tahoe and San Francisco Water Works Company in 1865 in
123:
The dam was built between 1909 and 1913 and stands 18.2 ft (5.5 m) high and 109 ft (33 m) long, raising Lake Tahoe by up to 10.1 ft (3.1 m). Outflows from the dam are regulated by a gated spillway with 17 bays, with a maximum release capacity of 2,100 cubic feet per
194:
In 1909, the
Newlands Project set out to obtain the rights to the Tahoe Dam, which at that point had been owned by Truckee River General Electric Company. Although an agreement was not fully reached until June 4, 1915, rights of ownership for Tahoe Dam were given to the US government. Rights to
138:
order to see his plan come to life, however Von
Schmidt was shut down by California Legislature in 1870. Instead of allowing an aqueduct to be built from Tahoe to San Francisco, the California Legislature granted the Donner Lumber and Boom Company, which was then owned by Mark Hopkins and
749:
174:
became president, that there was any real progress made towards implementing the irrigation systems. With
President Roosevelt's support, Representative Newlands was finally able to successfully push his bill through.
273:
Another landmark associated with Tahoe Dam would be the famed Fanny Bridge, a small two-lane bridge connecting North Shore and West Shore of Lake Tahoe, located in Tahoe City and directly across from Tahoe Dam.
266:
After having been built in the early 1900s, Tahoe Dam has become a local landmark for Tahoe City and the greater Tahoe-Truckee area. It was recognized on a national level and was listed on the
246:
thrive. It was found that the endangerment of the cui-ui was directly related to the amount of water within
Pyramid Lake. The court decided on August 9, 1989 that water would be stored in the
250:
for the purpose of releasing it into
Pyramid Lake as needed to partially make up for what water was being lost within the irrigation systems created and sustained by the Newlands Project.
739:
293:
644:
744:
283:
100:
Tahoe Dam regulates the top six feet of Lake Tahoe, and distributes the water into Tahoe's primary outflow, the
Truckee River. The dam is located in
288:
143:
431:
267:
183:
690:
734:
379:
508:
729:
198:
In total, the
Newlands Project led to the creation of many irrigation systems within Nevada and California including:
605:
214:
105:
652:
241:
the Paiute Tribe fought against how specific operations of the dam negatively impacted Pyramid Lake's endangered
94:
120:. The present Lake Tahoe dam replaced an older, privately owned dam built in 1870 at roughly the same location.
179:
112:
and two diversion dams, providing irrigation water for 55,000 acres (22,000 ha) of cropland mainly in the
484:
532:
230:
As the USBR stated intent to repair the Tahoe Dam in 1987 in order to enhance its seismic resistance, the
509:"Water in the West ---Bureau of Reclamation Historic Dams and Water Projects--Managing Water in the West"
337:
617:
236:
456:
234:
took advantage of this occasion to file a lawsuit against the federal government. In what became the
167:
171:
630:
139:
113:
147:
673:
723:
86:
413:
247:
205:
109:
580:
556:
313:
258:
158:
31:
101:
90:
705:
692:
219:
242:
231:
117:
166:
In 1892, newly-elected House of Representatives member from Nevada,
257:
157:
750:
National Register of Historic Places in Placer County, California
674:"Fanny Bridge | Tahoe City | United States | California | AFAR"
604:
Appeals, United States Court of; Circuit, Ninth (1989-01-11).
358:
606:"882 F2d 364 Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians v. P Hodel"
239:
Paiute Tribe of Indians v. Secretary of the Interior Hodel,
533:"Truckee–Carson Irrigation District, TCID | Fallon, NV"
62:
54:
46:
38:
24:
457:"Journal of Sierra Nevada History & Biography"
294:List of United States Bureau of Reclamation dams
104:and serves as the main storage facility for the
262:Tahoe Dam from the local landmark, Fanny Bridge
8:
651:. U.S. National Park Service. Archived from
146:, which would lead to the North Fork of the
432:"Lake Tahoe Dam Hydraulics & Hydrology"
418:State of Nevada Division of Water Resources
108:'s Newlands Project that also includes the
30:
21:
284:List of dams and reservoirs in California
182:, thus creating what is now known as the
740:United States Bureau of Reclamation dams
485:"Tahoe dam 100-year anniversary, Part I"
438:. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. 2008-10-30
386:. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. 2008-10-30
340:. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. 2011-05-11
289:List of largest reservoirs of California
305:
626:
615:
178:On June 17, 1902, Congress passed the
478:
476:
408:
406:
404:
402:
400:
7:
649:National Register of Historic Places
268:National Register of Historic Places
184:United States Bureau of Reclamation
14:
745:1913 establishments in California
361:. Truckee Meadows Water Authority
85:is a concrete gravity dam on the
19:Dam in Placer County, California.
16:Dam in California, United States
483:McLaughlin, Mark (2013-07-02).
1:
208:, reservoir, and power plant
68:; 111 years ago
380:"Lake Tahoe Dam Dimensions"
766:
414:"Truckee River Chronology"
215:Carson River Diversion Dam
106:U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
50:Placer County, California.
95:Placer County, California
29:
706:39.167213°N 120.143926°W
180:Newlands Reclamation Act
154:Newlands Reclamation Act
581:"Bureau of Reclamation"
557:"Bureau of Reclamation"
314:"Bureau of Reclamation"
735:Dams completed in 1913
711:39.167213; -120.143926
625:Cite journal requires
263:
163:
461:www.sierracollege.edu
261:
161:
359:"Lake Tahoe Storage"
226:Paiute Tribe lawsuit
702: /
270:on March 25, 1981.
220:Derby Diversion Dam
168:Francis G. Newlands
162:Francis G. Newlands
89:, at the outlet of
730:Dams in California
338:"Newlands Project"
264:
248:Stampede Reservoir
172:Theodore Roosevelt
164:
133:Early controversy
80:
79:
63:Opening date
757:
717:
716:
714:
713:
712:
707:
703:
700:
699:
698:
695:
682:
681:
670:
664:
663:
661:
660:
645:"Lake Tahoe Dam"
641:
635:
634:
628:
623:
621:
613:
601:
595:
594:
592:
591:
577:
571:
570:
568:
567:
553:
547:
546:
544:
543:
529:
523:
522:
520:
519:
505:
499:
498:
496:
495:
480:
471:
470:
468:
467:
453:
447:
446:
444:
443:
436:Newlands Project
428:
422:
421:
410:
395:
394:
392:
391:
384:Newlands Project
376:
370:
369:
367:
366:
355:
349:
348:
346:
345:
334:
328:
327:
325:
324:
310:
190:Newlands Project
76:
74:
69:
34:
22:
765:
764:
760:
759:
758:
756:
755:
754:
720:
719:
710:
708:
704:
701:
696:
693:
691:
689:
688:
686:
685:
672:
671:
667:
658:
656:
643:
642:
638:
624:
614:
603:
602:
598:
589:
587:
579:
578:
574:
565:
563:
555:
554:
550:
541:
539:
531:
530:
526:
517:
515:
507:
506:
502:
493:
491:
482:
481:
474:
465:
463:
455:
454:
450:
441:
439:
430:
429:
425:
412:
411:
398:
389:
387:
378:
377:
373:
364:
362:
357:
356:
352:
343:
341:
336:
335:
331:
322:
320:
312:
311:
307:
302:
280:
256:
228:
192:
156:
140:Leland Stanford
135:
130:
114:Lahontan Valley
72:
70:
67:
20:
17:
12:
11:
5:
763:
761:
753:
752:
747:
742:
737:
732:
722:
721:
684:
683:
665:
636:
627:|journal=
596:
572:
548:
524:
500:
472:
448:
423:
396:
371:
350:
329:
304:
303:
301:
298:
297:
296:
291:
286:
279:
276:
255:
254:Local landmark
252:
227:
224:
223:
222:
217:
212:
209:
203:
202:Lake Tahoe Dam
191:
188:
155:
152:
148:American River
134:
131:
129:
126:
83:Lake Tahoe Dam
78:
77:
64:
60:
59:
56:
52:
51:
48:
44:
43:
40:
36:
35:
27:
26:
25:Lake Tahoe Dam
18:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
762:
751:
748:
746:
743:
741:
738:
736:
733:
731:
728:
727:
725:
718:
715:
680:. 2016-10-04.
679:
675:
669:
666:
655:on 2013-02-20
654:
650:
646:
640:
637:
632:
619:
611:
607:
600:
597:
586:
582:
576:
573:
562:
558:
552:
549:
538:
534:
528:
525:
514:
510:
504:
501:
490:
486:
479:
477:
473:
462:
458:
452:
449:
437:
433:
427:
424:
419:
415:
409:
407:
405:
403:
401:
397:
385:
381:
375:
372:
360:
354:
351:
339:
333:
330:
319:
315:
309:
306:
299:
295:
292:
290:
287:
285:
282:
281:
277:
275:
271:
269:
260:
253:
251:
249:
244:
240:
238:
233:
225:
221:
218:
216:
213:
211:Truckee Canal
210:
207:
204:
201:
200:
199:
196:
189:
187:
185:
181:
176:
173:
169:
160:
153:
151:
149:
145:
141:
132:
127:
125:
121:
119:
115:
111:
107:
103:
98:
96:
92:
88:
87:Truckee River
84:
65:
61:
57:
53:
49:
45:
42:United States
41:
37:
33:
28:
23:
687:
678:www.afar.com
677:
668:
657:. Retrieved
653:the original
648:
639:
618:cite journal
609:
599:
588:. Retrieved
585:www.usbr.gov
584:
575:
564:. Retrieved
561:www.usbr.gov
560:
551:
540:. Retrieved
537:www.tcid.org
536:
527:
516:. Retrieved
512:
503:
492:. Retrieved
489:Tahoe Weekly
488:
464:. Retrieved
460:
451:
440:. Retrieved
435:
426:
417:
388:. Retrieved
383:
374:
363:. Retrieved
353:
342:. Retrieved
332:
321:. Retrieved
318:www.usbr.gov
317:
308:
272:
265:
237:Pyramid Lake
235:
232:Paiute Tribe
229:
206:Lahontan Dam
197:
193:
177:
165:
144:Squaw Valley
136:
122:
110:Lahontan Dam
99:
82:
81:
709: /
697:120°08′38″W
612:(882): 364.
513:www.nps.gov
116:of western
58:Operational
724:Categories
694:39°10′02″N
659:2012-08-13
590:2019-04-28
566:2019-04-28
542:2019-04-28
518:2019-04-28
494:2019-04-28
466:2019-04-28
442:2012-08-13
390:2012-08-13
365:2012-08-13
344:2012-08-13
323:2019-04-28
300:References
102:Tahoe City
91:Lake Tahoe
278:See also
47:Location
128:History
71: (
39:Country
243:cui-iu
118:Nevada
55:Status
631:help
73:1913
66:1913
610:F2d
93:in
726::
676:.
647:.
622::
620:}}
616:{{
608:.
583:.
559:.
535:.
511:.
487:.
475:^
459:.
434:.
416:.
399:^
382:.
316:.
97:.
662:.
633:)
629:(
593:.
569:.
545:.
521:.
497:.
469:.
445:.
420:.
393:.
368:.
347:.
326:.
75:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
