Lemolo 1 P-1927

The North Umpqua Project was constructed between 1947 and 1956. It consists of a series of dams and canals that divert water to the eight developments, each of which has a powerhouse and a dam. The Lemolo No. 1 Development, the furthest upstream development, includes a 120-foot-high diversion dam, a 419-acre reservoir (Lemolo Reservoir) with a total storage of 11,752 feet, 16,310 feet of canal and flumes extending from the Lemolo dam to the penstock intake, a 7,338-foot-long penstock, and a powerhouse on the North Umpqua River at the mouth of Warm Springs Creek, 4.5 miles downstream of the dam at Lemolo Reservoir. The powerhouse contains a single turbine-generator with a rated capacity of 29,000 kilowatts (kW). Storage in Lemolo Reservoir is used to control floods, increase power generation when demand is high in the late fall, and augment flows in the river downstream of the eight developments.