Grand Coulee Dam
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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 Dam Panorama
The dam site before construction, looking south
The east-side cofferdam after the west base was complete
The base of the dam in 1938
Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake is the reservoir created in 1941 by the impoundment of the Columbia River by the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state. It is named for Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was preside
Grand Coulee Dam
…centerpiece of the Columbia Basin Project, the dam's reservoir supplies water for the irrigation of 671,000 acres (2,700 km2). The reservoir is called Franklin Delano Roosevelt Lake, named after the president who endorsed the dam's construction. Creation of the reservoir forced the relocation of over 3,000 people, including Native…
Gifford Ferry crossing Lake Roosevelt near Inchelium
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Lake looking downstream toward Grand Coulee Dam