Purpose Water supply Type of dam Masonry, gravity arch Width (crest) 18 feet (5.5 m) Height 67 m Surface area 3.549 km² Impound South Platte River | Opening date 1905 Impounds South Platte River Opened 1905 Length 224 m Operator Denver Water | |
Location Jefferson County, Colorado, USA Similar South Platte River, Rocky Mountains, Goose Creek Trailhead, Wigwam Trailhead #609, Green Mountain Reservoir | ||
Cheesman Dam is a 211-foot-tall (64 m) masonry curved gravity dam on the South Platte River located in Colorado. It was the tallest of its type in the world when completed in 1905. The primary purpose of the dam is water supply and it was named for Colorado businessman, Walter Scott Cheesman. In 1973 it was designated a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.
Map of Cheesman Dam, Sedalia, CO 80135, USA
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