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.

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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

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San Joaquin River hasDam Friant Dam
Central Valley Project includes Friant Dam
Friant-Kern Canal startPoint Friant Dam