Grand Coulee Dam

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New Deal public works project concrete gravity dam hydroelectric power station

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.

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Grand Coulee Dam canonical 44
Grand Coulee 1
Grand Coulee Dam 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
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 ⓘ

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Public Works Administration → notableProject → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
PWA → notableProject → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
subject surface form: Public Works Administration
Public Works Administration (PWA) → notableProject → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
subject surface form: Public Works Administration
Columbia River → hasDam → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
Bureau of Reclamation → notableProject → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
Bureau of Reclamation → hasDams → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
MWAK Company → notableWork → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
MWAK Company → workOn → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Coulee Dam main structure
MWAK Company → workOn → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Coulee Dam spillways
MWAK Company → workOn → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Coulee Dam power facilities
Consolidated Builders, Inc. → notableWork → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
Left Powerhouse → partOf → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
Left Powerhouse → isComponentOf → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Coulee Dam power complex
Left Powerhouse → isMajorFacilityOf → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Coulee Dam hydroelectric system
Third Powerhouse → partOf → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
Third Powerhouse → locatedIn → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Coulee Dam complex
Third Powerhouse → partOf → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Coulee Dam hydroelectric complex
Third Powerhouse → associatedWith → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Coulee Dam Third Powerplant
Right Powerhouse → partOf → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
Right Powerhouse → locatedIn → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
Right Powerhouse → isMajorGeneratingStationOf → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
Grand Coulee, Washington → adjacentTo → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
Grand Coulee, Washington → namedAfter → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
Grand Coulee, Washington → serves → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
Columbia Basin Project → mainDam → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
Columbia Basin Project → powerDistributionFrom → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake → createdBy → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake → extendsFrom → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake → hasDam → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
Electric City, Washington → locatedNear → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
Chief Joseph Dam → downstreamFrom → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
Columbia River hydropower system → includesFacility → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
Columbia River hydropower system → includesFacility → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Coulee Third Powerplant
Channeled Scablands → notableSite → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Coulee
Coulee City, Washington → locatedNear → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
USBR → manages → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Bureau of Reclamation
Lake Roosevelt → createdBy → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
Lake Roosevelt → reservoirForDam → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
Morrison-Knudsen → notableWork → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
Roll On, Columbia, Roll On → associatedWithProject → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
Roll On, Columbia, Roll On → mentionsPlace → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
East Low Canal → associatedWith → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
Columbia River at Grand Coulee Dam → crosses → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
Columbia River at Grand Coulee Dam → hasUpstreamStructure → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
Columbia River at Grand Coulee Dam → isRegulatedBy → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
Columbia River at Grand Coulee Dam → waterIsStoredBy → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
Columbia River at Grand Coulee Dam → waterIsDivertedBy → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
North Dam → isPartOfSystemWith → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
Coulee Dam, Washington → adjacentTo → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
Coulee Dam, Washington → namedAfter → Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ