Swift Dam | |
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Official name | Swift No. 1 Dam |
Location | Skamania County, Washington, U.S. |
Coordinates | 46°3′47″N 122°11′52″W / 46.06306°N 122.19778°W |
Opening date | 1958 [1] [2] |
Operator(s) | PacifiCorp [1] |
Dam and spillways | |
Impounds | Lewis River |
Height | 512 ft (156 m) [3] |
Length | 2,100 ft (640 m) [1] |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Swift Reservoir |
Total capacity | 755,600 acre-feet (0.932 km3) [4] |
Catchment area | 481 square miles (1,250 km2) [1] |
Surface area | 4,620 acres (1,870 ha) [1] |
Power Station | |
Operator(s) | PacifiCorp |
Installed capacity | 240 MW |
Swift Dam or Swift No. 1 is an earth-type hydroelectric dam on the Lewis River, in the U.S. state of Washington. [2] Completed 66 years ago in 1958, [2] it is located in Skamania County and its reservoir is called Swift Reservoir.
Swift Dam | |
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Official name | Swift No. 1 Dam |
Location | Skamania County, Washington, U.S. |
Coordinates | 46°3′47″N 122°11′52″W / 46.06306°N 122.19778°W |
Opening date | 1958 [1] [2] |
Operator(s) | PacifiCorp [1] |
Dam and spillways | |
Impounds | Lewis River |
Height | 512 ft (156 m) [3] |
Length | 2,100 ft (640 m) [1] |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Swift Reservoir |
Total capacity | 755,600 acre-feet (0.932 km3) [4] |
Catchment area | 481 square miles (1,250 km2) [1] |
Surface area | 4,620 acres (1,870 ha) [1] |
Power Station | |
Operator(s) | PacifiCorp |
Installed capacity | 240 MW |
Swift Dam or Swift No. 1 is an earth-type hydroelectric dam on the Lewis River, in the U.S. state of Washington. [2] Completed 66 years ago in 1958, [2] it is located in Skamania County and its reservoir is called Swift Reservoir.