{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox dam | name = Foote Dam | name_official = | image = Foote_Dam,_Oscoda_MI.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = Foote Dam | image_alt = | location_map = USA Michigan | location_map_size = | location_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan | coordinates = {{coord|44.435335|-83.440604|type:landmark_region:US-MI|display=inline}} | country = | location = Oscoda Township, Iosco County, Michigan | status = | construction_began = | opening = 1918 | demolished = | cost = | owner = | dam_type = E | dam_height = | dam_height_thalweg = | dam_height_foundation= | dam_length = | dam_width_crest = | dam_width_base = | dam_volume = | dam_elevation_crest = | dam_crosses = | spillway_count = | spillway_type = | spillway_capacity = | res_name = | res_capacity_total = | res_capacity_active = | res_capacity_inactive= | res_catchment = | res_surface = | res_elevation = | res_max_depth = | res_max_length = | res_max_width = | res_tidal_range = | plant_operator = | plant_commission = | plant_decommission = | plant_type = | plant_turbines = | plant_capacity = 9 MW | plant_annual_gen = | website = | extra = }} '''Foote Dam''' is a hydro-electric dam on the Au Sable River in Michigan.
==Background== This hydro-electric dam was completed in 1918 and has a capacity of 9,000 kilowatts.<ref>[http://www.consumersenergy.com/content.aspx?id=1339 Au Sable River] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928124607/http://www.consumersenergy.com/content.aspx?id=1339 |date=2011-09-28 }} Consumers Energy</ref> It is located 9 miles upstream from Lake Huron and is named for William A. Foote, the founder of Consumers Power, which later became Consumers Energy. In 1896, Foote took a side trip from Kalamazoo to Allegan, where he conceived the idea of a hydroelectric plant along the Kalamazoo River. In Foote's mind, that plant and others would power the industrial centers throughout the state.<ref>[http://10stoptours.com/destList.php?tourNo=32 AuSable River Tour] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022204025/http://10stoptours.com/destList.php?tourNo=32 |date=2013-10-22 }}</ref>
The dam is privately owned and operated by Consumers Energy.
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