The Seminoe Dam was built in the early 1930’s by the Bureau of Reclamation. The Dam is located along
the North Platter River in the Seminoe Mountains. The dam was built to expand irrigation
in Wyoming and to generate hydropower in the state as part of the Kendrick Project.
The site for the dam is remote, with no towns or settlements nearby. Several men died
during the construction of the dam.
Standing tall as 295 feet, the Seminoe Dam was finished in December 1939 with its
freshwater restored in April that same year. The dam contains around 985608 acre-feet
of water. Electricity was first generated on August 3, 1939. After years of electricity
production, the dam now has the capacity to produce 150 million kilowatt-hours of
energy every year.
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