Grand Coulee Dam
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Grand Coulee Dam is a massive concrete gravity dam on the Columbia River in Washington State, renowned as one of the largest power-producing facilities in the United States and a landmark of New Deal–era infrastructure.
Aliases (10)
- Grand Coulee ×1
- Grand Coulee Dam Third Powerplant ×1
- Grand Coulee Dam complex ×1
- Grand Coulee Dam hydroelectric complex ×1
- Grand Coulee Dam hydroelectric system ×1
- Grand Coulee Dam main structure ×1
- Grand Coulee Dam power complex ×1
- Grand Coulee Dam power facilities ×1
- Grand Coulee Dam spillways ×1
- Grand Coulee Third Powerplant ×1
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Deal public works project
→
concrete gravity dam → hydroelectric power station → |
| builder |
Consolidated Builders, Inc.
→
MWAK Company → |
| completed | 1942 → |
| constructionBegan |
1933
→
July 1933 → |
| country |
United States of America
→
surface form: "United States"
|
| county | Grant County, Washington → |
| creates | Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake → |
| crosses | Columbia River → |
| designedBy |
Bureau of Reclamation
→
surface form: "U.S. Bureau of Reclamation"
|
| governingLaw |
Columbia Basin Project
→
surface form: "Columbia Basin Project Act"
|
| hasPart |
Left Powerhouse
→
Right Powerhouse → Third Powerhouse → |
| hasSpillway | yes → |
| height |
about 168 meters
→
about 550 feet → |
| heritageStatus | listed on the National Register of Historic Places → |
| historicalEra |
New Deal
→
surface form: "New Deal era"
|
| influencedBy | Tennessee Valley Authority model → |
| length |
about 1,592 meters
→
about 5,223 feet → |
| locatedIn |
United States of America
→
surface form: "United States"
Washington →
surface form: "Washington State"
|
| locatedOnRiver | Columbia River → |
| namedAfter |
Grand Coulee, Washington
→
surface form: "Grand Coulee"
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| nearestCity |
Electric City, Washington
→
Grand Coulee, Washington → |
| notableFor |
being one of the largest power-producing facilities in the United States
→
role in World War II industrial power supply → |
| NRHPListingYear | 1974 → |
| numberOfPowerhouses | 3 → |
| opened | 1941 → |
| operator |
Bureau of Reclamation
→
surface form: "U.S. Bureau of Reclamation"
|
| ownedBy |
Bureau of Reclamation
→
surface form: "United States Bureau of Reclamation"
|
| partOf |
Columbia Basin Project
→
United States federal power system → |
| purpose |
flood control
→
hydroelectric power generation → irrigation → |
| reservoir | Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake → |
| state | Washington → |
| type | concrete gravity dam → |
| usedFor |
supplying electricity to the Pacific Northwest
→
supplying irrigation water to the Columbia Basin → |
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Grand Coulee Dam Third Powerplant"
this entity surface form: "Grand Coulee Third Powerplant"
this entity surface form: "Grand Coulee Dam power complex"
this entity surface form: "Grand Coulee Dam hydroelectric system"
this entity surface form: "Grand Coulee Dam complex"
subject surface form: "Public Works Administration"
subject surface form: "Public Works Administration"
this entity surface form: "Grand Coulee"
this entity surface form: "Grand Coulee Dam hydroelectric complex"
this entity surface form: "Grand Coulee Dam main structure"
this entity surface form: "Grand Coulee Dam spillways"
this entity surface form: "Grand Coulee Dam power facilities"