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John Day Dam |
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John Day Dam, 219 ft (67 m) high and 5,640 ft (1,719 m) long, on the Columbia River between Oregon and Wash.; built between 1959 and 1968 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It is an extremely large generator of hydroelectric power. The dam's reservoir regulates navigation upstream; locks provide ship passage from The Dalles Dam reservoir to McNary Dam (see Columbia basin project Columbia basin project, central Wash., a multipurpose development of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation providing irrigation, hydroelectric power, and flood control. ..... Click the link for more information. ). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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18, 1995--A contract to construct a multimillion dollar juvenile fish sampling and monitoring facility at John Day Dam on the Columbia River was awarded on Dec. |
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