OK 28 over Grand R, 0.5 mi. E of jct. with OK 82, Langley, Oklahoma. County/parish: Mayes.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 02, 2003. NRIS 03000883.
2 contributing buildings. 4 contributing structures.Also known as:
The Pensacola Dam, also known as the Grand River Dam, is a multiple-arch buttress dam located between the towns of Disney and Langley on the Grand River in Mayes County, Oklahoma. The dam is operated by the Grand River Dam Authority and creates Grand Lake o' the Cherokees. After decades of vision and planning, it was constructed between 1938 and 1940 for the purposes of hydroelectric power generation, flood control and recreation. It is Oklahoma's first hydroelectric power plant and is referred to as the longest multiple-arch dam in the world.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/86511452