Seminoe Dam

Seminoe Dam ƙaramar madatsar (Dam) ruwa ce ta kankare mai kauri wadda aka gina a kan North Platte River a cikin jihar Wyoming ta Amurka. Ana amfani da madatsar ruwan wajen tara ruwa don ban-ruwa da samar da wutar lantarki ta hanyar hydroelectricity, kuma mallakin U.S. Bureau of Reclamation ce take aiki da ita. Ita ce babbar madatsar ruwa ta farko a kan kogin North Platte, kuma tana nan kai tsaye a sama da Kortes Dam. Tana cikin wani kunkuntar kwazazzabo mai nisa wanda kogin North Platte ya yanka ta cikin Seminoe Mountains kusan  arewa maso gabashin Rawlins.
Madatsar ruwan (Dam) mai tsayin  tana ƙirƙirar Seminoe Reservoir, wadda take rufe fiye da  idan ta cika. Seminoe State Park yana gefen tafkin. Ƙaramar garin Seminoe Dam yana jingine da madatsar da tafkin, kuma yana samar da matsuguni ga masu kula da madatsar ruwan da ma’aikatan hidimar wurin shakatawar.
Tarihi
An fara gabatar da wannan Dam wato madatsar ruwa ne a cikin shekarun 1930 a matsayin wani ɓangare na Kendrick Project na Hukumar U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, wanda zai tsara gudun ruwan kogin North Platte domin inganta aikin noma a kwarurukan da ke kewaye da Casper, Wyoming. A da ana kiransa da Casper-Alcova Project, an amince da shi ta hanyar National Industrial Recovery Act a ranar 16 ga Yuni, 1933 a matsayin martani ga Great Depression. An sake masa suna Kendrick Project a ranar 9 ga Agusta, 1937 don girmama ɗan siyasar Wyoming John B. Kendrick.
A cikin shekarar 1934, kamfanin Winston Brothers Company and Associates ya lashe kwangilar gina Dam din madatsar ruwan Seminoe. An fara aikin ginin rukunin a ranar 20 ga Fabrairu, 1936, da fashewar ƙasa da aikin tono. An kammala ramin karkatar da kogin North Platte a ranar 17 ga Janairu, 1937, inda mutum ɗaya ya rasa ransa, kuma nan da watan Mayun wannan shekarar, an kammala ginin cofferdam zuwa tsayin da ya isa don karkatar da kogin zuwa sabon tashar. An fara zuba kankare a ranar 19 ga Janairu, 1938, kuma an zuba buhunan ƙarshe a ranar 21 ga Disamba, 1938. An fara tara ruwa a ranar 2 ga Afrilu, 1939, lokacin da aka rufe bututun fitar ruwa. An kammala tashar wutar lantarki ta madatsar kuma duk aikin ya zama cikakke a ranar 3 ga Agusta, 1939. Jimillar mutane biyu ne suka mutu, tare da wasu raunuka masu tsanani da dama a lokacin aikin, kuma dole ne a tono sannan a cike manyan ramukan kuskure guda biyu da suka tsallaka kwarin kusa da wurin madatsar.
A ranar 25 ga Maris, 1969, wani helikwafta ya gamu da matsalar injin kuma ya faɗi a cikin kwarin dutse kusa da Dam din Seminoe, inda ma’aikatan Hukumar Reclamation, David McMillan da Howard Leroy Gates, suka rasa rayukansu. (Altoona Mirror, 21 ga Afrilu, 1969)

Lokacin da aka kammala aikin a karon farko, ya samar da ruwa ne ga ƙasa mai girman  kawai, amma daga baya ya ci gaba a hankali, kuma nan da shekarar 1980 ya riga ya samar da ruwan ban ruwa ga  a kwarin Casper

Ana shirin gina tashar pumped-storage hydroelectricity mai ƙarfin $2.5 biliyan wadda za ta iya samar da 900 MW / 9 GWh (awanni 10), inda za a yi amfani da tafkin Seminoe a matsayin madatsar ruwa ta ƙasa, sannan kuma a gina sabuwar madatsar ruwa da sabon dam a matsayin ta sama.

Nishaɗi  
An cika Tafkin Seminoe da kifi ta hannun Hukumar Wasannin Daji da Kifi ta Wyoming, kuma yana bude don jirgin ruwa da kamun kifi. Duk da haka, samun damar bakin tafkin yana da iyaka kuma wani lokaci yana da wuya saboda rashin ci gaban wurin da kuma nisan sa daga manyan birane.

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