Chief Joseph Dam
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    Chief Joseph Dam

  • Location: Bridgeport, Washington
  • Columbia River mile: 545.1
  • Operator: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • Type: Run of river dam and reservoir
  • Completed: 1961 (16 turbine units); 1979 (11 turbine units)
  • Generating capacity: 2,069 megawatts
  • Juvenile fish passage facilities: (none)
  • Additional notes: Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee dams lack any fish passage facilities and thus permanently block anadromous fish from the upper Columbia River Basin
  • More info about this dam (off-site link)