Palisades Dam

Palisades Dam

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caption=Palisades Dam and Reservoir
official_name=Palisades Dam
crosses= Snake River
reservoir= Palisades Reservoir
locale=Idaho, USA
maint= U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
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height=convert|270|ft|m
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began=1951
open= 1957
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Palisades Dam is a earth-fill dam on the Snake River in Bonneville County in the U.S. state of Idaho. The dam was completed in 1957 and provides irrigation water, flood control, and recreation; it features a four-turbine hydroelectric power plant.

External links

* [http://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/dams/id00273.htm Palisades Dam at USBR]


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