Boulder City
(Encyclopedia) Boulder City, residential city (2020
pop. 16,701), S Nev., just W of Hoover Dam near Lake Mead; inc. 1959.
Built (1932) by the federal government as hea...
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Kemano Dam
(Encyclopedia) Kemano Dam: see Nechako, river, Canada.
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Norris Dam
(Encyclopedia) Norris Dam: see Tennessee Valley Authority.
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Akosombo Dam
(Encyclopedia) Akosombo Dam, Ghana: see Volta, river.
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Wilson Dam
(Encyclopedia) Wilson Dam: see Tennessee Valley Authority.
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Roosevelt Dam
(Encyclopedia) Roosevelt Dam: see Salt River valley.
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Ross Dam
(Encyclopedia) Ross Dam, Wash.: see Skagit, river.
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Fontana Dam
(Encyclopedia) Fontana Dam, N.C.: see Little Tennessee, river.
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Elephant Butte Dam
(Encyclopedia) Elephant Butte Dam, main unit of the Rio Grande project of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on the Rio Grande, SW N.Mex.; completed 1916. The dam, with its large reservoir, is used for flood control, hy...
Shasta Dam
(Encyclopedia) Shasta Dam, 602 ft (183 m) high and 3,460 ft (1,055 m) long, on the Sacramento River, N Calif.; built 1938–45. One of the largest concrete dams in the world, it is a major unit in the Central Valley...
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