Coleman Falls Dam | |
Location Map: | Virginia |
Coordinates: | 37.5024°N -79.3°W |
Dam Crosses: | James River |
Location: | Bedford County, Virginia / Amherst County, Virginia, U.S. |
Dam Type: | Gravity |
Dam Length: | 562feet |
Dam Height: | 20feet |
Plant Hydraulic Head: | 18feet |
Opening: | 1851 |
Purpose: | Hydroelectric, Recreation, Fish and Wildlife Pond |
Status: | In use |
Owner: | Georgia Pacific Corporation |
Operator: | Georgia Pacific Corporation |
Plant Operator: | Georgia Pacific Corporation |
The Coleman Falls Dam is a hydroelectric generation facility on the James River near the community of Coleman Falls, Virginia. The project includes a gravity dam spanning the left side of river and a power house on the right bank which contain hydroelectric generation equipment.[1] [2]
The dam is located upstream of the smaller Holcomb Rock Dam.