Friant Dam
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Friant Dam is a major concrete gravity dam on California's San Joaquin River that provides irrigation water, flood control, and hydroelectric power as part of the federal Central Valley Project.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concrete gravity dam
ⓘ
dam ⓘ |
| associatedReservoir | Millerton Lake State Recreation Area ⓘ |
| builtBy |
Bureau of Reclamation
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Bureau of Reclamation
|
| completedIn | 1942 ⓘ |
| constructionBegan | 1939 ⓘ |
| constructionEra |
New Deal
ⓘ
surface form:
New Deal era
|
| constructionMaterial | concrete ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county |
Fresno County, California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Madera County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createsReservoir | Millerton Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crestElevation | 173 m above sea level ⓘ |
| crosses | San Joaquin River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| damType | gravity dam ⓘ |
| height |
319 ft
ⓘ
97 m ⓘ |
| latitude | 36.986° N ⓘ |
| length |
1,140 m
ⓘ
3,488 ft ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| locatedNear | Friant, California ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | San Joaquin River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| longitude | 119.708° W ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Friant, California ⓘ |
| numberOfTurbines | 3 ⓘ |
| opened | 1942 ⓘ |
| operator |
Bureau of Reclamation
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Bureau of Reclamation
|
| owner |
Bureau of Reclamation
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Bureau of Reclamation
|
| partOf | Central Valley Project ⓘ |
| plantCapacity | 25 MW ⓘ |
| plantType | conventional hydroelectric power plant ⓘ |
| project |
Central Valley Project
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Valley Project Friant Division
|
| provides |
agricultural irrigation water
ⓘ
flood protection for downstream communities ⓘ municipal and industrial water supply ⓘ |
| purpose |
flood control
ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ irrigation water supply ⓘ |
| regionServed | San Joaquin Valley ⓘ |
| reservoirCapacity | 520,500 acre-feet ⓘ |
| reservoirSurfaceArea | 4,900 acres ⓘ |
| spillwayCapacity | 83,000 cu ft/s ⓘ |
| spillwayType | overflow ogee crest ⓘ |
| suppliesWaterTo |
Friant-Kern Canal
ⓘ
Madera Canal ⓘ |
| turbineType | Francis turbine ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.