The Lake Byllesby Dam was built in 1910, in turn creating the Lake Byllesby Reservoir, a 3.5-mile long, 1,432-acre lake. The original owner of the hydro dam was Northern States Power, now known as ...

The innards of Byllesby Dam on the Cannon River were manufactured in 1910, when the average worker earned 22 cents an hour and William Taft was president. The dam's bearings and runners have been ...

Repairs to the Lake Byllesby Dam will cost $7.5 million more than Dakota County officials anticipated because of construction and regulatory costs. Replacement of the turbines for the county-owned ...

Appalachian Power, operator of the Byllesby and Buck Hydroelectric Project on the New River in Southwestern Virginia, will lower the level of one of its reservoirs there next week for ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Gov. Glenn Youngkin has signed a proclamation recognizing May 31 as Dam Safety Awareness Day in Virginia. According to a release from Virginia’s Department of ...

Upgrades at the Lake Byllesby Dam near Cannon Falls could soon make Dakota County the only county in the state to generate more electricity than its buildings and facilities use.

Minnesota, USA-based Boldt Construction, in partnership with Dakota County and Xcel Energy, successfully modernized the 114-year-old Lake Byllesby Dam in Minnesota. Using two Manitowoc crawler ...