Buffalo Bill Dam

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concrete arch-gravity dam engineering landmark historic place

Buffalo Bill Dam is a historic concrete arch-gravity dam on the Shoshone River in Wyoming, once one of the tallest in the world and now a key engineering landmark and visitor attraction.

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Label Occurrences
Buffalo Bill Dam canonical 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf concrete arch-gravity dam ⓘ
engineering landmark ⓘ
historic place ⓘ
associatedWith William F. Cody ⓘ
completedIn 1910 ⓘ
constructionBegan 1905 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createsReservoir Buffalo Bill Reservoir ⓘ
crosses Shoshone River ⓘ
designatedAs National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark ⓘ
designatedBy American Society of Civil Engineers ⓘ
hasHydroelectricPlant Buffalo Bill Powerplant ⓘ
hasVisitorCenter Buffalo Bill Dam Visitor Center ⓘ
height approximately 325 feet ⓘ
heightFromFoundation approximately 325 feet ⓘ
isTouristAttraction true ⓘ
length approximately 200 feet ⓘ
listedOn National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn Wyoming ⓘ
locatedInCounty Park County, Wyoming ⓘ
locatedNear Cody, Wyoming, United States ⓘ
surface form: Cody, Wyoming
locatedOnRiver Shoshone River ⓘ
material concrete ⓘ
namedAfter William F. Cody ⓘ
surface form: Buffalo Bill Cody
nearHighway U.S. Route 14 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 16 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 20 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wyoming Highway 120 ⓘ
nearProtectedArea Shoshone National Forest ⓘ
NRHPType structure ⓘ
openedIn 1910 ⓘ
operator Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
surface form: United States Bureau of Reclamation
originalName Shoshone Falls Dam ⓘ
surface form: Shoshone Dam
owner Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
surface form: United States Bureau of Reclamation
partOf Shoshone Project ⓘ
primaryPurpose irrigation ⓘ
projectAuthorizedBy Reclamation Act of 1902 ⓘ
regionServed Bighorn Basin ⓘ
renamedIn 1946 ⓘ
reservoirLocatedIn Shoshone Canyon ⓘ
reservoirName Buffalo Bill Reservoir ⓘ
secondaryPurpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
typeOfDam arch-gravity dam ⓘ
wasWorldsTallestDamAtCompletion true ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cody, Wyoming, United States → hasAttraction → Buffalo Bill Dam ⓘ
subject surface form: Cody, Wyoming
Shoshone River → hasDam → Buffalo Bill Dam ⓘ