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The Coon Rapids Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Mississippi River located in Brooklyn Park and Coon Rapids, Minnesota. It is approximately 12 miles (19 km) north of downtown Minneapolis. Between 1914 and 1966, it provided hydroelectric power generation for northern Twin Cities suburbs.
Mississippi Gateway Regional Park, formerly Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park, is located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota and Coon Rapids, Minnesota. The dam, for which the park was named, was built by Northern States Power Company in 1913 for electrical power generation. Power generation was discontinued in 1966, so the dam is now used for recreation.
Coon Rapids, Minnesota. / 45.17222°N 93.30417°W / 45.17222; -93.30417. Coon Rapids is a northern suburb of Minneapolis, and is the second-largest city by population in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States. [6] The population was 63,599 at the 2020 census, [4] making it the fifteenth largest city in Minnesota and the seventh largest ...
This is a list of dams and reservoirs in the U.S. state of Minnesota and pertinent data in a sortable table. There are more than 1,250 dams in the state. Over 800 are public facilities and of these 430 are owned by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. [2]
After the 2019 flood, ice jams formed in a narrow bend of the river downstream of the dam from January through March 2020. These jams continued to build and caused water to rise and flood, a 2021 ...
St. Cloud Dam. St. Cloud, Minnesota. 45°32′52″N94°08′50″W / 45.54778°N 94.14722°W / 45.54778; -94.14722. Coon Rapids Dam. Brooklyn Park / Coon Rapids, Minnesota. 45°08′36″N93°18′43″W / 45.14333°N 93.31194°W / 45.14333; -93.31194. No locks, ends navigable portion of river. Upper Saint Anthony Falls Lock ...
The Wild and Scenic River (River Mile 879 to 863) — North of the Twin Cities the river is a state wild and scenic river, slowing as it reaches the Coon Rapids Dam. This segment begins at the confluence of Crow River and the Mississippi near Ramsey and Dayton and flows to Banfil Island at Brooklyn Park and Fridley .
Orrin Thompson (August 26, 1913 – March 7, 1995) was one of the largest real-estate developers in the United States. In the 1950s, a time when the post World War II population was exploding and in need of housing, he built and sold thousands of one-family homes, primarily in Minnesota. He contributed significantly to the creation of the mode ...