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'''Bayview Lake''' is an artificial lake on [[Village Creek]], which was impounded by [[Bayview Dam]] in [[1910]] to create a 3.5 billion gallon reservoir of industrial water which was pumped to [[U.S. Steel]]'s [[Ensley | '''Bayview Lake''' is an artificial lake on [[Village Creek]], which was impounded by [[Bayview Dam]] in [[1910]] to create a 3.5 billion gallon reservoir of industrial water which was pumped four miles southeast to [[U.S. Steel]]'s [[Ensley Works]]. The dam was constructed just above [[Venison Branch]], subsuming the former outfalls of [[Corbet Branch]] and [[Camp Branch]]. | ||
According to writer [[Mary Gordon Duffee]], the banks of Camp Branch were a popular camping site by Native Americans, possibly as a base from which to mine silver from the nearby headwaters of [[Lost Creek]] to the west. | |||
The 440-acre<!--530-acre--> lake was connected to the [[Central Water Works]]' [[Central Water Works pump station|pump station]] at [[Edgewater]] by a half-mile long concrete-lined intake tunnel. | The 440-acre<!--530-acre--> lake was connected to the [[Central Water Works]]' [[Central Water Works pump station|pump station]] at [[Edgewater]] by a half-mile long concrete-lined intake tunnel. | ||
A 15-ounce [[green sunfish]] caught at Bayview Lake in [[1985]] held the state record until [[2005]]. | |||
The [[Bayview Bridge]] carries [[Mulga Loop Road]] over the lake just south of Village Creek. Since the 1940s there have been stories that the bridge is haunted by a ghostly bride. The bridge was replaced in [[1977]], but the stories persist. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
{{Locate | lat=33.56487 | lon=-86.97056 | zoom=15 | type=h}} | {{Locate | lat=33.56487 | lon=-86.97056 | zoom=15 | type=h}} | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Bayview Lake|*]] | ||
[[Category:1910 buildings]] | [[Category:1910 buildings]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Black Warrior watershed]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:20, 27 July 2018
Bayview Lake is an artificial lake on Village Creek, which was impounded by Bayview Dam in 1910 to create a 3.5 billion gallon reservoir of industrial water which was pumped four miles southeast to U.S. Steel's Ensley Works. The dam was constructed just above Venison Branch, subsuming the former outfalls of Corbet Branch and Camp Branch.
According to writer Mary Gordon Duffee, the banks of Camp Branch were a popular camping site by Native Americans, possibly as a base from which to mine silver from the nearby headwaters of Lost Creek to the west.
The 440-acre lake was connected to the Central Water Works' pump station at Edgewater by a half-mile long concrete-lined intake tunnel.
A 15-ounce green sunfish caught at Bayview Lake in 1985 held the state record until 2005.
The Bayview Bridge carries Mulga Loop Road over the lake just south of Village Creek. Since the 1940s there have been stories that the bridge is haunted by a ghostly bride. The bridge was replaced in 1977, but the stories persist.