Shasta Dam

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concrete gravity dam dam

Shasta Dam is a large concrete gravity dam on California’s Sacramento River, forming Shasta Lake and serving as a key source of water storage, hydroelectric power, and flood control for the state.

Aliases (1)

Shasta Powerplant ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	concrete gravity dam → dam →
completionDate	1945 →
constructionEra	New Deal era →
constructionMaterial	concrete →
constructionStartDate	1938 →
country	United States →
crestElevation	1067 feet above sea level →
crosses	Sacramento River NERFINISHED →
damType	gravity dam →
formsReservoir	Shasta Lake →
hasPowerPlant	Shasta Powerplant →
height	183 meters → 602 feet →
installedCapacity	about 676 MW →
length	1055 meters → 3460 feet →
listedAs	National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark →
locatedIn	California → Shasta County, California NERFINISHED →
locatedInCountry	United States →
locatedOnRiver	Sacramento River NERFINISHED →
namedAfter	Mount Shasta →
nearCity	Redding, California → Shasta Lake, California →
numberOfTurbines	5 →
openingDate	1945 →
operator	United States Bureau of Reclamation →
owner	United States Bureau of Reclamation →
partOfProject	Central Valley Project →
partOfSystem	California water system →
powerPlantType	hydroelectric power plant →
primaryPurpose	flood control → hydroelectric power generation → water storage →
providesService	flood control for Sacramento Valley → hydroelectric power to the regional grid → water supply for agriculture → water supply for municipalities →
regionServed	Central Valley of California → Sacramento Valley → San Joaquin Valley →
reservoirName	Shasta Lake →
reservoirTotalCapacity	4552000 acre-feet → 5.61 cubic kilometers →
riverBasin	Sacramento River Basin →
secondaryPurpose	irrigation supply → recreation support →
turbineType	Francis turbine →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Shasta County →	contains
Keswick Dam →	downstreamOf
Sacramento River →	hasDam
Bureau of Reclamation →	hasDams
Shasta Dam ("Shasta Powerplant") →	hasPowerPlant
Central Valley Project →	includes