Chief Joseph Dam

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hydroelectric dam run-of-the-river dam

Chief Joseph Dam is a large hydroelectric dam in Washington State and one of the biggest run-of-the-river power-producing dams in the United States.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Chief Joseph Dam canonical	2
Chief Joseph Dam Powerhouse	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	hydroelectric dam ⓘ run-of-the-river dam ⓘ
blocksFishMigration	true ⓘ
connectedTo	Bonneville Power Administration ⓘ surface form: Bonneville Power Administration transmission system
constructionMaterial	concrete ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1950 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Douglas County, Washington ⓘ
downstreamFrom	Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
fishPassage	no fish ladders ⓘ
floodControlFunction	reduces Columbia River flood risk downstream ⓘ
generatesPowerFor	Western Interconnection ⓘ surface form: Pacific Northwest grid
hasPublicRecreationAreas	true ⓘ
height	236 feet ⓘ 72 meters ⓘ
installedCapacity	2620 MW ⓘ
latitude	approximately 48.0° N ⓘ
length	1592 meters ⓘ 5223 feet ⓘ
locatedIn	Washington ⓘ surface form: Washington State
locatedOnRiver	Columbia River ⓘ
longitude	approximately 119.65° W ⓘ
namedAfter	Chief Joseph ⓘ Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt ⓘ
nearestCity	Bridgeport, Washington ⓘ
numberOfTurbines	27 ⓘ
oneOfLargestRunOfRiverDamsIn	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
openingDate	1955 ⓘ
operatedBy	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ surface form: United States Army Corps of Engineers
operatorDivision	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ surface form: Seattle District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
ownedBy	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ surface form: United States Army Corps of Engineers
partOf	Columbia River hydropower system ⓘ
powerhouseCompletionDate	1958 ⓘ
provides	recreation opportunities on Rufus Woods Lake ⓘ
purpose	electricity generation ⓘ flood control ⓘ
region	Pacific Northwest ⓘ
reservoir	Rufus Woods Lake ⓘ
reservoirCapacity	about 590000 acre-feet ⓘ
runOfTheRiver	true ⓘ
spillwayType	gated overflow spillway ⓘ
state	Washington ⓘ
structureType	concrete gravity dam ⓘ
tribeAssociatedWithNamesake	Nez Perce ⓘ
turbineType	Francis turbine ⓘ
upstreamFrom	Wells Dam ⓘ
watercourseDammed	Columbia River ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Columbia River → hasDam → Chief Joseph Dam ⓘ

Columbia River hydropower system → includesFacility → Chief Joseph Dam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chief Joseph Dam Powerhouse