It was built in the 1970s as a cooling source for the Clinton Nuclear Generating Station. The lake opened in 1978. Clinton Lake. Clinton Lake dam spillway.

The first permanent European-born settlers came to the area in the 1830s. Many came from Kentucky and Tennessee to farm the land. Most of the area had been used ...

History. The area where Clinton Lake is located, was the area that the Kickapoo tribe resided until the 1820's. The first settlers came up from Kentucky and ...

Description: This 4,895 acre lake was constructed to serve as a cooling reservoir for the Clinton Nuclear Power Station. The lake has a maximum depth of 60 feet ...

16 июн. 2024 г. · The nuclear energy plant at Clinton Lake, now owned by Constellation Energy, was first announced by Illinois Power Co. in 1972. Tom Kacich/. The ...

The city and the county are named for DeWitt Clinton, governor of New York, 1817–1823. Clinton Nuclear Generating Station is located six miles away on Clinton ...

Clinton Lake, located in DeWitt County in central Illinois, was constructed by Illinois Power Company to provide cooling water for the Clinton Power Station ...

STATUS OF THE SPORT FISHERY: The IDNR Division of Fisheries has been active in the management of the fisheries in Clinton Lake since the lake opened in 1979.

20 июн. 2019 г. · Founded by a pair of land speculators, Clinton was one of the dozens of prairie towns that sprung up in the Plains states in the mid-1830s.

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