Lake Hamilton and Lake Catherine

Lake Catherine
Lake Catherine
	Lake Catherine
Location	Garland / Hot Spring counties, Arkansas, United States
Coordinates	34°26′39″N 92°54′48″W / 34.4442°N 92.9134°W
Basin countries	United States
Surface area	1,940 acres (790 ha)
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	Remmel Dam
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Jones Mill, Arkansas
Coordinates	34°25′37″N 92°53′38″W / 34.42694°N 92.89389°W
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1924
Built by	Ford,Bacon, & Davis Co., Ambursen Construction Co.
Engineer	Ford,Bacon, & Davis Co., Ambursen Construction Co.
Architectural style	Flat-slab buttress
NRHP reference No.	92001084
Added to NRHP	September 4, 1992

Lake Hamilton
Lake Hamilton
	Lake Hamilton
Location	Garland County, Arkansas,; United States
Coordinates	34°25′57″N 93°05′19″W / 34.4325°N 93.0887°W
Type	reservoir
Primary inflows	Ouachita River
Primary outflows	Ouachita River
Basin countries	United States
Surface area	7,200 acres (2,900 ha)
	Carpenter Dam
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Hot Springs, Arkansas
Coordinates	34°26′32″N 93°01′33″W / 34.44222°N 93.02583°W
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1931
Built by	Ford, Bacon, & Davis Co.
Engineer	Ford, Bacon, & Davis Co.
Architectural style	Solid, concrete gravity dam
NRHP reference No.	92001083
Added to NRHP	September 4, 1992

Lake Hamilton and Lake Catherine are a pair of man-made lakes located in Hot Springs, Arkansas, serving as a tourist attraction for the area. Both lakes were developed by Arkansas Power & Light. The lakes were built as part of Federal Project #271 a hydroelectric development for creating hydroelectric dams.^[3]

History

Lake Hamilton

Lake Hamilton is a 7,200-acre (2,900 ha) reservoir near Lake Hamilton, Arkansas and Hot Springs, Arkansas, located on the Ouachita River. It was named after Hamilton Moses, who later became president and chairman of the board for Arkansas Power and Light.^[5]^[6] The lake was created in 1932, formed as a result of Carpenter Dam (after Flavius Josephus Carpenter) which was constructed to generate hydroelectric power. The dam, which extends in a length of 1,000 feet (300 m) and a height of 100 feet (30 m) high, was completed a year earlier in 1931.^[7] The lake subsequently functioned as a recreational site after attracting tourists, later spurring the development of resorts, restaurants, motels, and water sport facilities in its area. The Garvan Woodland Gardens, a 210-acre (85 ha) botanical park is located along its shore. Carpenter Dam was later listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.^[7]

Lake Catherine

Lake Catherine is the smaller of the two lakes, sized at 1,940-acre (790 ha). The Lake Catherine State Park is located on the lake's shore. The lake was created in the 1920's with the building of Remmel Dam, a concrete-and-steel Ambursen-type buttressed dam. Remmel Dam was created to provide hydroelectricity, but the lake later developed into a recreational site as a result of lake's location next to Hot Springs.^[8]

Lake Catherine is named after Harvey Couch's daughter, Catherine, the creator of the lake.^[9]