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Tippy Dam

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History

Tippy dam or Tippy Hydro was built 1918 and is a hydro dam operated by Consumers Energy. However, the origanl name of the dam was Junction Hydro but it was renamed to honor a director at Consumers, Charles W. Tippy.The dam blocks the Big Manistee about 170 miles from its headwaters which include Manistee Lake and Lake Michigan.[1]

Recreation Uses

Just below Tippy dam is one of the finest trout, steelhead, and salmon in Michigan. During the fall salmon run anglers line the banks shoulder to shoulder trying to catch king salmon that can weigh well over 20 pounds.

Environmental

The hydro spillway chamber at Tippy is used by about 20,000 bats during the summer for roosting, swarming in the fall, and hibernation in the winter.

Statistics

References

  1. ^ Consumers Energy, Hydroelectric at Manistee River
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