翻訳と辞書
Words near each other
・ Williams Hills
・ Williams Historic Business District
・ Williams Holdings
・ Williams House
・ Williams House (Fort Lauderdale, Florida)
・ Williams House (Odessa, Delaware)
・ Williams House (Richlands, Virginia)
・ Williams House (Tallahassee, Florida)
・ Williams House (Ulmer, South Carolina)
・ Williams House and Associated Farmstead
・ Williams Ice Stream
・ Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law and Public Policy
・ Williams Interactive
・ Williams International
・ Williams Island (South Australia)
Williams Island Dam
・ Williams Island Formation
・ Williams Junction (Amtrak station)
・ Williams Kastner
・ Williams Lake
・ Williams Lake (British Columbia)
・ Williams Lake (Cumberland)
・ Williams Lake (Goffs)
・ Williams Lake (Halifax)
・ Williams Lake (Jeddore)
・ Williams Lake (New Mexico)
・ Williams Lake Airport
・ Williams Lake Indian Band
・ Williams Lake Indian Reserve No. 1
・ Williams Lake Mustangs


Dictionary Lists
翻訳と辞書 辞書検索 [ 開発暫定版 ]
スポンサード リンク

Williams Island Dam : ウィキペディア英語版
Williams Island Dam
Williams Island Dam is located on the James River in the independent city of Richmond, Virginia. Just below the dam, seven miles (11 km) of rapids mark the descent of the river downstream through the geological fall line region to the navigable tidal portion below Richmond, which extends southeast to Hampton Roads.
Williams Island Dam was built in 1905 as part of a drinking water project of the City of Richmond which made use of a portion of the former James River and Kanawha Canal along the north shore of the river west of Richmond. A gravity dam, its height is . Its normal storage capacity is estimated to be .〔http://findlakes.com/williams_island_dam_virginia~va76002.htm〕 It was connected with an early waterworks building which is located on Pumphouse Drive just west of the city's Boulevard Bridge.
Williams Island Dam is wholly located within the city's James River Park System. Williams Island, which separates the two sections of the dam, is a wildlife preserve 〔http://www.discoverrichmond.com/dis/sports/recreation/james_river/article/williams_island/1449/〕 and has the nest of a bald eagle. According to the James River Park website, Richmond is the only capital city in the lower 48 states to have an eagle nesting inside the corporate limits.〔http://www.jamesriverpark.org/〕
==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「Williams Island Dam」の詳細全文を読む



スポンサード リンク
翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース

Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.