The Taum Sauk pumped storage plant is a power station in the St. Francois mountain region of Missouri, United States about 90 miles south of St. Louis near Lesterville, Missouri, in Reynolds County. I
The rebuilt upper reservoir of the Taum Sauk plant, nearing completion in this photo, is the largest roller-compacted concrete dam in North America.
Water stored in the upper reservoir is used to generate electricity during peak demand
The two generators can each produce up to 225 MW of power
The original upper reservoir, full to within a few feet of the top of the parapet wall
Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park is a public recreation area covering 9,432 acres on the East Fork Black River in Reynolds County, Missouri. The state park is jointly administered with adjoining Taum Sau
Taum Sauk Hydroelectric Power Station
…Mountain, not Taum Sauk Mountain, which is about 5 miles (8 km) to the east. It is visible from Route 21 north of Centerville and from Route N approaching Johnson's Shut-ins State Park from the south. Before the failure of the upper reservoir, visitors could drive to the top of Proffit Mountain and walk to an observation deck above…
A portion of the park's natural water park pictured after the 2009 reopening
The "scour", eight years after the flood, through what had been dense forest below the since-rebuilt reservoir.
East Fork Black River confined within Proterozoic rhyolite at Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park, Reynolds County, Missouri. CC0 photograph by the Public Lands Institute.