Grand Coulee Dam
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    Grand Coulee Dam

  • Location: Grand Coulee, Washington
  • Columbia River mile: 596.6
  • Operator: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
  • Type: Dam and storage, reservoir, pumped storage reservoir
  • Completed: 1941 (18 turbine units); 1982 ( 6 turbine units)
  • Generating capacity: 6,620 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)