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Lyons Dam (National ID # CA00387) is a dam in Tuolumne County, California. The concrete single-arch dam was constructed in 1930 by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, with a height of 132 feet, and a length of 535 feet at its crest.〔http://ce-npdp-serv2.stanford.edu/DamDirectory/DamDetail.jsp?npdp_id=CA00387〕 It impounds the South Fork of the Stanislaus River for the municipal water supply of the Twain Harte, California area. Owned and operated by Pacific Gas and Electric Company, the largest private owner of hydroelectric facilities in the United States, it is one of the company's 174 dams. The reservoir it creates, Lyons Reservoir, has a normal water surface of , and a maximum capacity of .〔http://ce-npdp-serv2.stanford.edu/DamDirectory/DamDetail.jsp?npdp_id=CA00387〕 Recreation includes fishing. The site is surrounded by the Stanislaus National Forest. In 2012, about of adjacent land known as the Rushing Meadows parcel was transferred from PG&E's ownership to the National Forest Service, as part of the utility's bankruptcy settlement.〔http://www.uniondemocrat.com/News/Local-News/Forest-Service-gets-land-transfer-nod〕 == See also == *List of dams and reservoirs in California *List of lakes in California 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「Lyons Dam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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