Fort Peck Dam

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Fort_Peck_Dam
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:dam
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:U.S._Army_Corps_of_Engineers
gptkbp:constructionStartYear 1933
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:featuredIn gptkb:Margaret_Bourke-White's_1936_LIFE_magazine_cover_photo
gptkbp:height 76.4 meters
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Fort Peck Dam
gptkbp:hydroelectricCapacity 185 MW
gptkbp:latitude 48.0081
gptkbp:length 6,409 meters
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Montana
gptkbp:location gptkb:Missouri_River
gptkbp:longitude -106.4256
gptkbp:managedBy gptkb:U.S._Army_Corps_of_Engineers_Omaha_District
gptkbp:nearestCity gptkb:Glasgow,_Montana
gptkbp:notableEvent 1938 dam failure during construction
gptkbp:opened 1940
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Pick-Sloan_Missouri_Basin_Program
gptkbp:purpose gptkb:navigation
gptkb:water_supply
flood control
hydroelectric power
irrigation
gptkbp:reservoirCapacity 18,700,000 acre-feet
gptkbp:reservoirName gptkb:Fort_Peck_Lake
gptkbp:type hydraulic earth-fill dam
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Missouri_River
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4