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- Code Number:
- TPHV01P05_04
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Grand Coulee Dam, Columbia River, 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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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
- Image by:
- Saifuddin F. Ismailji
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