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Oroville Dam |
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Oroville Dam, 770 ft (235 m) high and 7,600 ft (2,317 m) long, on the Feather River, N Calif., near the city of Oroville. The largest unit of the Feather River project, the dam was built (1957–68) to provide electric power, drinking water, and irrigation for central and S California. 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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Participants will tour the Feather River Fish Hatchery, the Oroville Dam, the San Luis Dam, the A. It sits behind three retention dams, then pours through four powerhouses, whooshes under the 700-foot-high Oroville Dam (world's tallest earthen structure), flows into the Sacramento River, and gets sucked up into the California Delta by an enormous battery of pumps. Under his leadership, all of the project's facilities from Oroville Dam on the Feather River to Perris Dam in Riverside County were completed and placed in operations. |
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