Grand Coulee Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington, built between 1933 and 1942 to generate hydroelectric power and supply irrigation water. It originally had two powerhouses, and a third, completed in 1974 to raise output, made Grand Coulee the largest power station in the United States by nameplate capacity at 6,809 megawatts.
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Significancemakes Grand Coulee the largest power station in the United States by nameplate capacity at 6,809 MW. 1 Connections
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Concrete, Materials Grand Coulee Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Columbia River.
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1. Grand Coulee Dam (Wikipedia)
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Congress approved the high dam in 1935, and it was completed in 1942.
lead section, first paragraph, sentence on nameplate capacity ranking
makes Grand Coulee the largest power station in the United States by nameplate capacity at 6,809 MW.
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Grand Coulee Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington, built between 1933 and 1942 to generate hydroelectric power and supply irrigation water.
In Group: Large Dams and Hydroelectric Schemes, Introduction
The Grand Coulee Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington, built to produce hydroelectric power and provide irrigation water.
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