Lower Monumental Dam

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Lower Monumental Dam is a hydroelectric concrete gravity dam on the lower Snake River in Washington State, forming Lake Herbert G. West and supporting power generation, navigation, and irrigation in the region.

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Lower Monumental Dam canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concrete gravity dam
hydroelectric dam
annualGeneration approximately 2.3 billion kWh
basinCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
constructionBegan 1961
constructionMaterial concrete
country United States of America
surface form: United States
createsReservoir Lake Herbert G. West
damType concrete gravity
energySource hydropower
environmentalIssue impacts on salmon and steelhead runs
gridConnection Bonneville Power Administration
surface form: Bonneville Power Administration transmission system
hasFishBypassSystem yes
hasFishLadder yes
hasNavigationLock yes
hasPowerPlant yes
hasSpillway yes
hasSpillwayGates yes
installedCapacity 810 MW
isDownstreamOf Ice Harbor Dam
isPartOf Snake River hydropower system
surface form: Snake River dams
isUpstreamOf Little Goose Dam
locatedIn Washington
surface form: Washington State
locatedOn lower Snake River
locatedOnRiver Snake River
managedBy Walla Walla District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
namedReservoirAfter Herbert G. West
nearestCity Kahlotus, Washington
numberOfTurbines 6
openingDate 1969
operator U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
ownedBy United States government
partOf Columbia River hydropower system
surface form: Federal Columbia River Power System
purpose hydroelectric power generation
irrigation support
navigation
region Pacific Northwest
reservoirName Lake Herbert G. West
reservoirSurfaceArea about 6500 acres
reservoirTotalCapacity about 421000 acre-feet
riverSystem Columbia River Basin
state Washington
supportsBargeTraffic yes
supportsFishPassage yes
supportsIrrigation yes
supportsNavigation yes
turbineType Kaplan
watercourse Snake River

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Snake River hasDam Lower Monumental Dam
Lower Granite Dam downstreamFrom Lower Monumental Dam
Little Goose Dam upstreamFrom Lower Monumental Dam
Ice Harbor Dam isUpstreamOf Lower Monumental Dam