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Lay Dam is a hydroelectric power dam on the Coosa River in Chilton County and Coosa County, near Clanton, Alabama.〔Tharpe, Bill. ("Lay Dam and Lake" ). encyclopediaofalabama.org, January 7, 2009, updated October 5, 2010.〕 The concrete run-of-the-river gravity dam was built in 1914 as the first major project of Alabama Power Company, and named for Captain William Patrick Lay, its first president. The dam's hydroelectric facility has a generating capacity of .〔 The construction of the dam flooded the original site of Fort Williams, which was used during the Creek War. ==Lay Lake== Lay Lake covers and has a shoreline about long.〔 It is a recreational lake with fishing opportunities for large mouth bass, spotted bass, bluegill and other sunfish, crappie, catfish, striped bass, hybrid and white bass. Lay Lake has hosted the Bassmaster Classic four times: 1996, 2002, 2007, and 2010.〔http://www.laylake.info/News/Article.asp?ID=CBA144E6-14A3-48E0-808A-A042CACD3824〕 Alabama Power maintains seven public access sites on the lake. == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lay Dam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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