Ocoee Dam #1

Ocoee Dam #1. . In 1910 J.G. White Construction Company began work on the Ocoee Dam #1. A coffer dam was built using large timbers and bows of evergreens. These were laid to help hold back the banks of dirt. Tracks were built on top of the coffer dam allowing dirt cars to dump into the dam for construction of a steam line., In July 1911 the framework was up and ready to pour cement with the help of stiff leg derricks. So much concrete was used that the quarry was kept going all day and all night. It soon became called the “Solid Concrete Parksville Dam.”, Construction was completed in late December 1911., Interesting Facts about Ocoee Dam #1: , . The dam is 135 feet high and 840 feet long. , . The dam consists of 17,000 cubic yards of concrete. , . It can produce 19,200 kilowatts. , . Its maximum discharge is 45,000 cfs. cfs = (cubic feet per second) , . It has 5 generating units. , . Parksville Lake has 109 miles of shoreline. , . Water surface of the lake is 1,930 acres. , . It was the first plant to supply hydroelectric power to Chattanooga. , . It is the oldest plant still in operation., A coffer dam is an enclosure within a water environment constructed to allow water to be displaced by air for the purpose of creating a dry work environment. (www.wikipedia.org) , A stiff leg derrick consists of a mast held in the vertical position by a fixed tripod of steel or timber legs. (www.answers.com)