Greensboro is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the 3rd-most populous city in North Carolina, the 68th-most populous city in the United States, and the county seat and largest city in Guilford County and the surrounding Piedmont Triad metropolitan region. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 269,666, and in 2015 the estimated population was 285,342. Three major interstate highways in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina were built to intersect at this city. In
In 1904, the present plant was built. Construction was preceded by replacing Triphammer Dam slightly west of it original location in 1896. Water is supplied to the plant from Beebe Lake by a five-foot diameter underground penstock, 1700 feet long. The existing intake dates to 1953 and was upgraded in 1981.n 1904, the present plant was built. Construction was preceded by replacing Triphammer Dam slightly west of it original location in 1896. Water is supplied to the plant from Beebe Lake by a five-foot diameter underground penstock, 1700 feet long. The existing intake dates to 1953 and was upgraded in 1981.
In areas where deep, calm water is not available, beavers that have enough building material available will create ponds by building dams across creeks or other watercourses and impounding water. Beavers dams create habitat for many other animals and plants of Washington.In winter, deer and elk frequent beaver ponds to forage on shrubby plants that grow where beavers cut down trees for food or use to make their dams and lodges.n areas where deep, calm water is not available, beavers that have enough building material available will create ponds by building dams across creeks or other watercourses and impounding water. Beavers dams create habitat for many other animals and plants of Washington.