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BOLAND-B26330
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- 1937-06-03 (Creation)
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This is the Grand Coulee Dam, still under construction in June of 1937. Begun in 1933, it would not be completed until 1942. The $63,000,000 funding for the dam was appropriated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and work commenced under the Public Works Administration. Thousands were employed in the construction of the dam, making a positive impact on the struggling economy. According to the Bureau of Reclamation, the dam is the largest hydropower producer in the United States with total generating capacity of 6,809 megawatts. It is the key to the development of power on the Columbia River and as part of the Columbia Basin Project, irrigates more than 600,000 acres. The Grand Coulee Dam forms Lake Roosevelt which extends 151 miles north to the Canadian border. G74.1-021 (depts.washington.edu/depress/grand_coulee.shtml; www/usbr.gov/pn/grandcoulee/)
Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.); Dams--Grand Coulee; Dam construction;