Rock Island Dam

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gravity dam hydroelectric dam

Rock Island Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Columbia River in Washington State, notable as one of the first major dams built on the river for power generation and river control.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Rock Island Dam canonical 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
constructionBegan 1930 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
county Chelan County NERFINISHED ⓘ
generatesElectricityFor Chelan County NERFINISHED ⓘ
regional power grid ⓘ
hasFishPassageFacilities yes ⓘ
hasFloodControlRole limited ⓘ
hasGenerationType run-of-the-river ⓘ
hasNumberOfPowerhouses 2 ⓘ
hasPowerhouse Powerhouse 1 ⓘ
Powerhouse 1 ⓘ
surface form: Powerhouse 2
hasRecreationOpportunities boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
hasStatus operational ⓘ
hasTurbineType Francis turbine ⓘ
impounds Columbia River ⓘ
installedCapacity approximately 624 MW ⓘ
isConnectedTo Bonneville Power Administration ⓘ
surface form: Bonneville Power Administration transmission system
isDownstreamOf Wanapum Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ
isNamedAfter Rock Island (island in the Mississippi River) ⓘ
surface form: Rock Island (local geographic feature)
isOnSectionOfColumbia upper mid-Columbia River ⓘ
isOwnedByPublicUtility true ⓘ
isPartOf Columbia River hydropower system ⓘ
isPubliclyAccessible yes ⓘ
isUpstreamOf Rocky Reach Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Washington ⓘ
surface form: Washington State
locatedOnRiver Columbia River ⓘ
nearestCity Wenatchee, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ
openingDate 1933 ⓘ
operator Chelan County Public Utility District ⓘ
originalCapacity approximately 132 MW ⓘ
owner Chelan County Public Utility District ⓘ
purpose power generation ⓘ
river regulation ⓘ
region Pacific Northwest ⓘ
reservoirName Rock Island Pool ⓘ
riverBasin Columbia River Basin ⓘ
state Washington ⓘ
wasExpanded 1950s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
wasFirstLargeHydroelectricDamOn Columbia River ⓘ
surface form: Columbia River in the United States
wasOneOfFirstMajorDamsOn Columbia River ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Columbia River hydropower system → includesFacility → Rock Island Dam ⓘ
Wenatchee, Washington → hasHydroelectricDamsNearby → Rock Island Dam ⓘ