Greensboro is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the 3rd-most populous city in North Carolina, the 68th-most populous city in the United States, and the county seat and largest city in Guilford County and the surrounding Piedmont Triad metropolitan region. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 269,666, and in 2015 the estimated population was 285,342. Three major interstate highways in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina were built to intersect at this city. In
In 1904, the present plant was built. Construction was preceded by replacing Triphammer Dam slightly west of it original location in 1896. Water is supplied to the plant from Beebe Lake by a five-foot diameter underground penstock, 1700 feet long. The existing intake dates to 1953 and was upgraded in 1981.n 1904, the present plant was built. Construction was preceded by replacing Triphammer Dam slightly west of it original location in 1896. Water is supplied to the plant from Beebe Lake by a five-foot diameter underground penstock, 1700 feet long. The existing intake dates to 1953 and was upgraded in 1981.
Construction of the dam started in May, 1946 and completed in December 1948. Addicks Dam is a rolled earthen embankment of 61,666 feet long with a maximum height of 49 feet above the streambed.A 12-foot-wide gravel road extends along the top of the dam.The top of the dam has a maximum elevation of 122.7 feet above mean sea level.he spillway is located at, and releases the remainder of Bear Creek just north of Buffalo Bayou. The maximum storage capacity of the reservoir is 204,500 acre feet, encompassing a surface area of 16,780 acres at an elevation of 114 feet above mean sea level.