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Title: Glen Canyon Dam, Page, Arizona, USA

Notes: Behind this dam is the artificail lake it created Lake Powell. This project has inundated a huge swath of spectacular nature including Glen Canyon. US Highway 89 is carried at the top of the dam.

Length 475 m (1,560 feet)
Height 216 m (710 feet)
Width (at base) 91 m (300 feet)
Construction began 1956
Opening date 1966
Turbines 8 116 MW Francis turbines
Annual generation 3.209 billion kilowatt-hours
Maintained by Bureau of Reclamation

Hydroelectric Power, Potable Water, Structure, Generating, Generation, Electricity, Technology, Energy Production, Electrical, Industrial, Industry, Alternative, Renewable Resource, Cleantech, Structure

Photographer: Wernher Krutein


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