Wolf Creek Dam, Lake Cumberland
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Wolf Creek Dam, Lake Cumberland
I'm in Lexington on business at my regular hotel, and notice there is a "KDSA" convention going on. I ask the guys attending what KDSA is (sounds like/could be a drag boat association, could be Kentucky Dope Smokers Association?).
It's the Kentucky Dam Safety Assn. So I have to ask them wtf is up with Wolf Creek Dam and Lake Cumberland. It seems to me it's been down for YEARS..........
They say 2 more years of low water before the dam repairs are finished. So, in Spring 2012, we can finally go back to 76 Falls. I guess the contractor is being paid by the hour.
I ask about Center Hill. A lady with KDSA says, "well that's TN, and we're KY, so I can't give you that information, check out the Nashville Corps of Eng. website." But, I get the impression the "grouting of the karst topography at Center Hill Dam" will take another 2 years also.
FYI,
Steve
It's the Kentucky Dam Safety Assn. So I have to ask them wtf is up with Wolf Creek Dam and Lake Cumberland. It seems to me it's been down for YEARS..........
They say 2 more years of low water before the dam repairs are finished. So, in Spring 2012, we can finally go back to 76 Falls. I guess the contractor is being paid by the hour.
I ask about Center Hill. A lady with KDSA says, "well that's TN, and we're KY, so I can't give you that information, check out the Nashville Corps of Eng. website." But, I get the impression the "grouting of the karst topography at Center Hill Dam" will take another 2 years also.
FYI,
Steve
Last edited by Steve Zuckerman; 10-23-2009 at 12:04 AM.
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For what they are doing, project is moving fast, the first phase which was the grouting finished ahead of schedule. The second phase which is constructing a concrete wall 6 or 8 feet thick all along the earthen part of the dam is a big deal. It is going some 100 ft below the bottom of the lake. That should plug it up for a while.