Calgary’s Glenmore Reservoir is one of Calgary’s only large bodies of water, and was created through the construction of the Glenmore Dam in 1932. This dam is purely a gravity dam, where the sheer size and weight of the dam alone provides a barrier to the water. The Hoover dam is an arch-gravity dam, where the arch shape provides extra strength reducing the required size and resources needed.
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- A pathway runs along the top of the dam.
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- Chains are among many items piled up inside the treatment plant building.
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- I’m not sure if these sharp wires are meant to discourage people or wildlife from scaling the walls of the building.
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- From this vantage point, the dam itself looms above the downtown Calgary skyline, including The Bow.
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- Dozens, maybe hundreds, of birds make their home under the dam.
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- Glenmore Trail, one of the city’s busiest roads, has 6 lanes which cross the Glenmore Reservoir.
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- Excess water spilled over the dam during the 2013 flood, but the water treatment plant had no trouble at all treating the water during this time.