Lake Shelbyville Dam and spillway is located on the edge of Shelbyville, Illinois. The dam is an earthen structure implemented as part of the Federal Flood Control Act of 1938. Initial planning discussions date back as early as this time with construction beginning in 1963 and completed in 1970 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.The Dam was built to collect the waters of the Okaw and Kaskaskia rivers near Shelbyville with goals to improve flood control and draw recreation to Central Illinois.
The Dam is 3,025 feet long and spans 108‐ft (33‐m) feet high , with three spillway gates, or retainer gates, each one measuring 45 feet by 37 feet. Located at the bottom of the Dam are smaller sluice gates each 11 feet by 5 1/2 feet, used to control the water flow during normal conditions. |
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