Twin Lakes Dam (National ID # CO02045) is a dam in Lake County, Colorado, about south of Leadville.
The earthen dam was constructed in 1978 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation with a height of and a length at its crest of . The dam is owned and operated by the Bureau as one element of its larger "transbasin" Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, which transfers available water from Colorado's West Slope across the Continental Divide to the more arid, and more populated, East Slope.
The reservoir it creates, Twin Lakes, is an enlargement of a natural glacial lake. It has a surface area of and a maximum capacity of . Recreation includes boating, fishing for trout, and camping at five Forest Service campgrounds in the area (Dexter, Lakeview, Parry Peak, Twin Peaks and White Star).
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, the first Twin Lakes Dam (1898-1989)