McNary Dam

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gravity dam hydroelectric dam navigation lock complex run-of-the-river dam

McNary Dam is a large hydroelectric dam and navigation lock complex on the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
navigation lock complex ⓘ
run-of-the-river dam ⓘ
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
constructionBegan 1947 ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crosses Columbia River ⓘ
energySource hydropower ⓘ
gridConnection Bonneville Power Administration ⓘ
surface form: Pacific Northwest power grid
hasFishPassage fish ladders ⓘ
hasPart McNary Lock and Dam ⓘ
navigation lock ⓘ
powerhouse ⓘ
spillway ⓘ
hasUse barge traffic support ⓘ
commercial navigation ⓘ
installedCapacity 980 MW ⓘ
locatedDownstreamOf Ice Harbor Dam ⓘ
locatedIn Oregon ⓘ
Pacific Northwest ⓘ
Washington ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Columbia River ⓘ
locatedUpstreamOf John Day Dam ⓘ
managedBy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District
namedAfter Charles L. McNary ⓘ
namedAfterOccupation U.S. Senator ⓘ
nearestCity Pasco, Washington ⓘ
Umatilla, Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 14 ⓘ
openingDate 1954 ⓘ
operator U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
ownedBy United States government ⓘ
partOf Columbia River hydropower system ⓘ
surface form: Federal Columbia River Power System
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation support ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
region Pacific Northwest ⓘ
reservoirName Lake Wallula ⓘ
reservoirType run-of-the-river reservoir ⓘ
state Oregon ⓘ
Washington ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
turbineType Kaplan turbines ⓘ
surface form: Kaplan turbine
watercourse Columbia River ⓘ

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Columbia River → hasDam → McNary Dam ⓘ