Swift Dam

Swift Dam
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°WCoordinates: 46°3′47″N 122°11′52″W / 46.06306°N 122.19778°W
Opening date	1958
Operator(s)	PacifiCorp
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Lewis River
Height	512 ft (156 m)
Length	2,100 ft (640 m)
Reservoir
Creates	Swift Reservoir
Total capacity	755,600 acre-feet (0.932 km3)
Catchment area	481 square miles (1,250 km2)
Surface area	4,620 acres (1,870 ha)
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 64 years ago in 1958,^[2] it is located in Skamania County and its reservoir is called Swift Reservoir.

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Swift Dam Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, NPDP Dam Directory
^ ^a ^b ^c "Mammoth earth-fill dam completed on Lewis River". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 18, 1958. p. 5A.
^ "Lewis River". PacifiCorp. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
^ "Reservoirs in the United States" (PDF). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 20 December 2014.

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