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Code Number:    TPHV01P05_11

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

Arizona, Southwest,
Scenic, State, United States of America, USA, Americana
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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