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- Code Number:
- TPHV02P15_02
- Title:
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Grand Coulee Dam, Columbia River, color lights in the night, Gravity Dam
- Construction began: 04/16/1933
Opened: 01/06/1942 Construction cost: Original dam: $168 million Third Powerplant: $730 million Operato: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Height: 168 meters (550 feet) Length: 1,592 meters (5,223 feet) Width (crest): 9 meters (30 feet) Width (base): 152 meters (500 feet) Dam volume: 9,155,942 m3 (11,975,520 cu yd) Spillway type: Service, drum gate Hydraulic head: 116 meters (380 feet) Turbines: 27 Francis turbines, 6 pump-generators Installed capacity: 6,809 MW, 7,079 MW (max) Annual generation: 20.24 TWh Reservoir Creates the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Lake Website: http://www.usbr.gov/pn/grandcoulee/
- Keywords:
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Washington State, Scenics, Structure, USA, Arizona, Southwest, Scenic, State, USA, Desert, Tourism, Hydroelectric Power, Potable Water, Structure, Generating, Generation, Electricity, Technology, Energy Production, Electrical, Industrial, Industry, Alternative, Renewable Resource, Cleantech, Hydrology, waterpower, Hydropower, Irrigation, Hydraulics
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