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Grand Coulee Dam

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Height 16800 (cm)
Locations Grant
Okanogan
Coulee Dam
Grand Coulee
Washington
Annual generation20. 24 TWh
Spillway capacity1,000,000 cu ft/s (28,317 m3/s)
Turbines33: 27 × Francis turbines; 6 × pump-generators
Capacity factor 36%
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
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About Grand Coulee Dam


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. Constructed between 1933 and 1942, Grand Coulee originally had only two powerhouses.

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