Bonneville Dam
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    Bonneville Dam

  • Location: Bonneville, Oregon
  • Columbia River mile: 146.1
  • Operator: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • Type: Run of river dam and reservoir
  • Completed: 1938 (Powerhouse I: 10 turbine units); 1982 (Powerhouse II: 8 turbine units and 4 fishways)
  • Generating capacity: 1,050 megawatts
  • Juvenile fish passage facilities: Screens on all turbine units with a bypass system to tailwater.
  • Adult fish passage facilities: Fish ladders with fish counting stations at both powerhouses.
  • Additional notes: A juvenile bypass was completed in 1999 for powerhouse II.
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