Big Bend Dam
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Big Bend Dam is a major embankment rolled-earth dam on the Missouri River in Central South Dakota, United States, creating Lake Sharpe. The dam was constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as p
Big Bend Dam on the Missouri River, with Lake Sharpe in the background.
Lake Sharpe with visible Big Bend Dam from space, August 1989. View is to the east-southeast.
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Big Bend (Missouri River)
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The Big Bend is a large meander of the Missouri River in South Dakota, now impounded by the Big Bend Dam, 7 miles to its south, as part of Lake Sharpe.
Big Bend Dam
…million kilowatt hours, and meets peak-hour demand for power within the Missouri River Basin. Located near Fort Thompson, South Dakota, just south of the Big Bend of the Missouri River, a large meander, Big Bend Dam creates Lake Sharpe, named after South Dakota Governor Merrill Q. Sharpe. The lake extends for 80 miles (130 km) up the…
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