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Lake Norman
| Cowans Ford Dam |
Marshall Steam Station |
McGuire Nuclear Station |
Area Map
Photo from post card
(mid to late 60's)
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Year Built: 1959-1964
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Area: 32,510 acres at full pond
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Length: 33.6 miles
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Width: 9 miles
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Shore line length: 520 miles
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Maximum Depth: 110 feet
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Average Depth: 33.5 feet
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Maximum Drawdown: 15 feet
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Capacity: 3.4 trillion gallons of water
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Volume: 1,093,600 acre-feet
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Elevation at full pond: 760 feet above
MSL
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Retention Time: 207 days (average)
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Drainage Area: 1,790 square miles
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Average River Flow @ Cowans Ford Dam: 1,726
MGD
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Named for: Norman Atwater Cocke (former
president of Duke Power)
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Source of the Catawba River: McDowell County near Mount Mitchell
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Lake level: Call
1-800-829-5253 or
click here
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Location:
Lat: 35.5177689 Lon:
-80.9557724
Photo from Cowans Ford
Dam Overlook 9-10-04
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Total length: 7,387 feet (1,279 feet is
concrete, 6,108 feet is earthen)
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Maximum height: 130 feet
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Number of generators: 4
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Generating capacity: 350,000 kilowatts
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Note: Site of crucial 1781 revolutionary
war battle between British General Cornwallis and American
General Davidson and it forms Lake Norman. General
Davidson Monument
McGuire Nuclear
Station Sept 2004
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Generation units: 2
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Energy source: Uranium Dioxide (UO2)
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Generating capacity: 2258 megawatts (20%
of Duke's total)
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Construction: 1971 - 1981
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Cost: $2 Billion
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Named for: William Bulgin
McGuire, president of Duke Power from 1959 to 1971.
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Employees: 1185
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Location:
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Generation units: 4
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Energy Source: Coal (18,000 tons per day
at full power)
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Generating capacity: 2,090 megawatts
(14% of Duke's total)
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Commercial Operation: 1965
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Named for: E.C. Marshall, president of
Duke Power from 1949 to 1953.
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Location:
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Note: Marshall is the second largest
coal-burning station on the Duke system. The four-unit station
has consistently ranked as one of the most efficient coal plants
in the nation.
Lake Norman
| Cowans Ford Dam |
Marshall Steam Station |
McGuire Nuclear Station |
Area Map
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