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Lookout Point Dam is an earth and gravel-filled dam with concrete gated spillways. It was completed in 1954 at a cost of $88.2 million. In coordination with Hills Creek and Fall Creek dams, the three dams work together…
Hills Creek Dam is an earthfill structure with a gated concrete spillway and outlet works for regulating lake levels. The dam was completed in 1961 at a cost of $46 million. In coordination with Lookout Point and Fall…
Green Peter Dam is a concrete structure with a gated spillway that was completed with Foster Dam in 1968 at a cost of $82.3 million. In coordination with Foster, the two dams work together for the purposes of…
Foster Dam is a rock-fill structure with a concrete gated spillway, and was completed with Green Peter Dam in1968 at a cost of $82.3 million. In coordination with Green Peter, the two dams work together for the purposes…
Dexter Dam is located at river mile 18 on the Middle Fork of the Willamette River, about 22 miles southeast of Eugene, Ore.
Detroit Dam is located at river mile 49 on the North Santiam River, about 45 miles southeast of Salem, Ore.
Cougar Dam and Reservoir is located at River Mile 4.4 of the South Fork McKenzie River, about 42 miles east of Eugene, Ore.
The North Santiam canyon is rocky, narrow, and steep where Big Cliff Dam was constructed. For that reason, Big Cliff is a concrete dam, rather than an earth and rockfill embankment structure, like most Corps dams in the…
The Dalles Lock and Dam is 192 miles upriver from the mouth of the Columbia River and two miles east of the city of The Dalles, Ore. The project consists of a navigation lock, spillway, powerhouse and fish passage facilities.
Roza Diversion Dam, located 10 miles north of Yakima, diverts water from the Yakima River. The dam is a concrete weir, movable crest structure, 486 feet long at the crest, 67 feet high, and contains 21,700 cubic yards of concrete.