Jocassee Dam
Jocassee Dam is an embankment dam on the Keowee River, straddling the border of Pickens and Oconee counties in South Carolina in the United States. The dam forms Lake Jocassee, which is fed by the Toxaway, Thompson, Horsepasture and Whitewater rivers, and serves primarily for hydroelectric power generation and flood control. The dam and reservoir are part of the Keowee-Toxaway Hydroelectric Project, owned and operated by Duke Energy.
Completed in 1973, the dam is a zoned earth and rock fill structure, standing high with a crest length of. At full pool, the reservoir has a storage capacity of, encompassing of shoreline and. Floodwater is released through a spillway controlled by two gates, with a capacity of.
The dam supports a hydroelectric station, generating power from four turbines. Two of the turbines were installed in 1973, while the third and fourth units came online in 1975. The power station functions as a pumped-storage operation designed to provide peaking power, and generates an average of per year.
