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History. The bluff and roadway above the dam of Lake Springfield taken from the public access and fishing area. Lake Springfield was created in 1957 with the construction of a dam on the James River. The city of Springfield purchased the land before it was submerged.
Lake Springfield was originally designed in 1957 by City Utilities to support the James River Power Station. The lake was created by damming the James River to serve the power station’s cooling needs.
Lake Springfield is a 318-acre artificial cooling lake located in Springfield, Missouri created for the James River Power Plant. It was built by placing a dam on the James River . It now serves as a popular fishing and recreation area. [2]
21 paź 2013 · Lake Springfield is a 4,000-acre artificial lake constructed by the city of Springfield in the early 1930s. The lake first reached full pool (560 feet above sea level) on May 2, 1935; it was dedicated in a three-day-long celebration in July 1935.
Lake Springfield is a 3,965-acre (16.05 km 2) [1] reservoir in the southeast of the capital city of Springfield, Illinois. It is 560 ft (170 m) above sea level. The lake was formed by building Spaulding Dam across Sugar Creek, a tributary of the Sangamon River.
1 lip 2015 · Few, if any, people today remember Doling Park’s earliest days as Springfield’s top leisure locale. Back in the late 1800s, things like cave tours, the “Shoot-the-Chutes” and Sundays spent lakeside drew visitors from Springfield’s polluted city limits.
Springfield's metropolitan area is situated within close distance of recreational lakes, waterways, caves, and forests, such as the James River, Busiek State Forest, Lake Springfield, Table Rock Lake, Buffalo National River, Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Fellows Lake, and Fantastic Caverns.
