Lakeview, east Virginia

Lakeview Dam is on Swift Creek and Appomatox River in Chesterfield County, Virginia and is used for recreation and hydroelectric power purposes. Construction was completed in 1920. Its normal surface area is 93 acres. It is owned by the City of Colonial Heights.

 

Lakeview is concrete, a gravity dam. The core is homogeneous, concrete. The foundation is rock. Its height is 39 feet with a length of 418 feet. Maximum discharge is 216 cubic feet per second. Normal storage is 610 acre feet. It drains an area of 168 square miles.

 

 

Lakes, Dams, and Recreational Facilities Near Lakeview

4 miles from LakeviewPetersburg National Battlefield 5 miles from LakeviewSoldiers Pond 5 miles from LakeviewWilcox Dam 6 miles from LakeviewArwa Sludge Lagoon 7 miles from LakeviewChesterfield Power Station 8 miles from LakeviewPoplar Grove National Cemetery 10 miles from LakeviewLake Chesdin 10 miles from LakeviewSwift Creek Dam 11 miles from LakeviewCosby Dam 11 miles from LakeviewPresquile National Wildlife Refuge 11 miles from LakeviewPocahontas State Park 12 miles from LakeviewBeaver Dam 12 miles from LakeviewLees Millpond 13 miles from LakeviewFalling Creek Reservoir 13 miles from LakeviewHarrison Lake National Fish Hatchery 14 miles from LakeviewHarrison Dam 15 miles from LakeviewRichmond National Battlefield Park 15 miles from LakeviewJames River National Wildlife Refuge 16 miles from LakeviewSwift Creek Reservoir 17 miles from LakeviewSwift Creek Reservoir 18 miles from LakeviewVepco Flash Board Dam 18 miles from LakeviewHollywood Power Plant Dam 18 miles from LakeviewMaggie L Walker National Historic Site 19 miles from LakeviewUpper Shields Lake 19 miles from LakeviewByrd Park Canal Dam 19 miles from LakeviewGame Refuge Lake 20 miles from LakeviewWilliams Island Dam

 

 

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