Guernsey State Park

Guernsey State Park Museum

The Guernsey State Park is located 2 kilometers north- west of the town of Guernsey in Platte County of the U.S. state of Wyoming. The North Platte River is dammed in the southeast of the park from Guernsey Dam and forms the Guernsey Reservoir. The park can be reached via Interstate 25 and U.S. Highway 26.

History

Between the 1830 and 1869 went to the Oregon Trail, who continued coming from Nebraska along the North Platte River to the west, one of the main routes for settlers covered wagon. Only a few kilometers away on the other side of Guernsey is to the register Cliff a significant landmark. With the help of 1927 completed Guernsey by the Guernsey Dam Lake was dammed. In the 1930s, the infrastructure for the state park were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps ( CCC), including roads, bridges, huts to stay and 1936 the Guernsey State Park Museum. Since 1997, the Guernsey State Park is a registered National Historic Landmark by the National Register number 97,001,260th

Guernsey Dam and Reservoir

The Guernsey Dam was built 1925-1928. Two generators of Guernsey Power Plant can produce up to 6.4 megawatts of electricity since the 1980s, previously 4.8 megawatts were possible .. The dam has a height of 41 m and at the dam crest length of 170 m. The original capacity of 73,810 acre feet was reduced by sediment deposits by a third to 46,000 acre feet. The pent Guernsey reservoir has a water surface area of 9.5 km ² to 1,347 meters above the sea. One can there fishing, swimming and boating. In the reservoir, especially American perch, perch and catfish live glass eyes.