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Hardy Dam
Hardy Dam and Powerhouse
CountryUnited States
LocationBig Prairie Township, Newaygo County, Michigan
PurposePower
StatusOperational
Construction began1929
Opening date1931; 93 years ago (1931)
Owner(s)Consumers Energy
Dam and spillways
Type of damEmbankment, earth-fill
ImpoundsMuskegon River
Height120 ft (37 m)
Length2,600 ft (790 m)
Width (crest)25 ft (7.6 m)
Width (base)1,000 ft (300 m)
Dam volume1,500,000 cu yd (1,100,000 m3)
Reservoir
Total capacity134,000 acre⋅ft (165,000,000 m3)
Surface area4,000 acres (16 km2)
Commission date1931
TypeConventional
Hydraulic head99 ft (30 m)
Turbines1 x 11.5 MW, 2 x 10 MW Francis-type
Installed capacity31.5 MW
Hardy Hydroelectric Plant
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Michigan State Historic Site
Hardy Dam is located in Michigan
Hardy Dam
Location within the state of Michigan
Hardy Dam is located in the United States
Hardy Dam
Hardy Dam (the United States)
Nearest cityNewaygo, Michigan
Coordinates43°29′18″N 85°37′56″W / 43.48833°N 85.63222°W / 43.48833; -85.63222
Built1931
ArchitectBurd, Edward M.
Architectural styleSpanish Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.97001479[1]
Added to NRHPDec. 1, 1997

Hardy Dam (or Hardy Hydroelectric Plant) is an earth-filled embankment dam and powerplant complex on the Muskegon River in Big Prairie Township, Newaygo County, Michigan. At the time of its completion, it was the largest earthen dam in North America east of the Mississippi. Its impoundment forms a lake with over 50 miles of shoreline. The dam impounds a reservoir with a surface area of 4,000 acres (1,618 ha) and its power plant has an installed capacity of 31.5 MW.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

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