Purpose Power Opening date 1903 Length 127 m Turbine 5 | Status In use Height 7.3 m Impound James River | |
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Location Amherst County, Virginia, U.S. Owner(s) Appalachian Power Company Operator(s) Appalachian Power Company Similar Scotts Mill Dam, Bosher Dam, James River and Kanawha | ||
The Reusens Dam is a 12.5 MW hydroelectric generation facility on the James River near the city of Lynchburg, Virginia. The project includes a concrete gravity dam spanning the left side of river which incorporates eight 16 3/4-foot-high flood gates, a 125 feet long by 25 feet tall concrete arch dam segment with 7 1/4-foot-high flashboards, and two separate power houses towards the right bank which contain hydroelectric generation equipment. The A and B power houses have installed capacities of 7.5 MW with three turbines and 5.0 MW with two turbines, respectively. The plant is used in a peaking capacity. The dam is located downstream of the smaller Holcomb Rock Dam and is the last major dam on the river; only the typically submerged Bosher Dam near Richmond lies further downstream.
Map of Reusens Dam, Madison Heights, VA 24572, USA
During the year ended September 30, 2014, the project did not produce any electricity.