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- Code Number:
- TPHV01P01_05
- Title:
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Glen Canyon Dam, Lake Powell, 1950s, Tonalea Coconino County, Arch-gravity dam, Colorado River, Page, Arizona
- Construction began: 1956
Opened: 1966 Cost: $135 million, ($997 million in 2017 dollars) Owner: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Height (foundation) 220 meters, (710 feet) Length 480 meters (1,560 feet) Elevation at crest 1,132 meters (3,715 feet) Spillway type: Tunnel, gated Spillway capacity: 208,000 cu ft/s (5,900 m3/s) Total capacity: 27,000,000 acre?ft (33 km3) Catchment area: 108,335 sq mi (280,590 km2) Surface area: 161,390 acres (65,310 ha) Turbines: 8x 254,000 hp Francis turbines Installed capacity: 1,320 MW Annual generation: 4,217 GWh
- Keywords:
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Potable Domestic Water, Drinking Water, Hydroelectric Power, Potable Water, Structure, Generating, Generation, Electricity, Technology, Energy Production, Electrical, Industrial, Industry, Alternative, Renewable Resource, Cleantech, Hydrology, waterpower, Hydropower, Irrigation, Hydraulics
- Image by:
- George H. Ulrich Jr.
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