Morrow Point Dam

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Morrow Point Dam is a concrete double-arch dam on the Gunnison River in Colorado, forming Morrow Point Reservoir as part of the Colorado River Storage Project.

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Morrow Point Dam canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf arch dam
concrete dam
double-arch dam
hydroelectric dam
basinCountry United States
constructionBegan 1963
constructionMaterial concrete
country United States
downstreamFrom Blue Mesa Dam
forms Morrow Point Reservoir
hasPowerPlant Morrow Point Powerplant
hasReservoir Morrow Point Reservoir
height 143 m
468 ft
length 221 m
724 ft
locatedIn Colorado
United States
locatedInCounty Gunnison County, Colorado
Montrose County, Colorado
locatedInProtectedArea Curecanti National Recreation Area
locatedOnRiver Gunnison River
managedBy Upper Colorado Region of the Bureau of Reclamation
namedAfter Morrow Point
nearestCity Montrose, Colorado
numberOfTurbines 2
openingDate 1970
operator United States Bureau of Reclamation
ownedBy United States Bureau of Reclamation
partOf Colorado River Storage Project
Wayne N. Aspinall Unit
partOfProject Upper Colorado River Storage Project
partOfRiverSystem Colorado River basin
plantCapacity 173 MW
purpose hydroelectric power generation
river regulation
water storage
region Western Colorado
reservoirCapacity 121000 acre-feet
reservoirName Morrow Point Reservoir
reservoirSurfaceArea 817 acres
spillwayType gated overflow spillway
status operational
turbineType Francis turbine
typeOfConcreteDam thin double-curvature arch
upstreamFrom Crystal Dam
watercourseDam Gunnison River

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Blue Mesa Dam upstreamFrom Morrow Point Dam
Gunnison River hasDam Morrow Point Dam
Crystal Dam upstreamFrom Morrow Point Dam
Curecanti Unit hasComponent Morrow Point Dam
Morrow Point Reservoir createdByDam Morrow Point Dam