Box Canyon Dam (Washington)

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Box Canyon Dam (Washington)
Impounds Pend Oreille River
Locale Washington
Maintained by Pend Oreille PUD[1]
Length 160 ft (49 m)[2]
Height 62 ft (19 m)[2]
Construction began 1952[2]
Opening date 1956[2]
Reservoir information
Capacity 60,000 acre feet (74,000,000 m³)[1]
Catchment area 24,900 sq mi (64,490 km²)[1]
Surface area 5 acres (20,000 m²)[1]
Geographical Data
Coordinates 48°46′49″N, 117°24′45″W [3]

Box Canyon Dam is a gravity-type hydroelectric dam on the Pend Oreille River, in northeast part of the U.S. state of Washington.


[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Box Canyon Dam, NPDP Dam Directory
  2. ^ a b c d [1], Pend Oreille PUD
  3. ^ USGS GNIS: Box Canyon Dam, USGS, GNIS


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