Buffalo Bill Dam

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caption=Buffalo Bill Dam from within Shoshone Canyon
official_name=Buffalo Bill Dam
crosses= Shoshone River
reservoir= Buffalo Bill Reservoir
locale=Wyoming, USA
maint= U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
length= 200 ft
height= 325 ft
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began= 1905
open= 1910
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location = W of Cody on U.S. 14
nearest_city = Cody, Wyoming
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added = August 12, 1971
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governing_body = Bureau of Reclamation

Buffalo Bill Dam is a concrete arch-gravity damcite web|url=http://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/dams/wy01300.htm|title=Bureau of Reclamation - Buffalo Bill Dam Information|accessdate=2008-01-25] on the Shoshone River in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The dam is named after the famous old West figure William "Buffalo Bill" Cody who founded the nearby town of Cody and who owned much of the land now covered by the reservoir formed by the dam, which also bears his name. The dam was part of the Shoshone Project, one of the first projects overseen by the Bureau of Reclamation. The dam was built from 1905 and 1910. At the time of its completion, it was the tallest dam in the world at 325 feet [cite web|url=http://www.bbdvc.org/history.htm|title=Buffalo Bill Dam Visitors Center - History|accessdate=2008-01-25] . The land around the reservoir is maintained as Buffalo Bill State Park. The dam is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was also named a National Civil Engineering Landmark.

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External links

* [http://wyoparks.state.wy.us/Parks/BuffaloBill/index.asp Buffalo Bill State Park]