Fort Peck Dam

USA / Montana / Nashua /
Fort Peck Dam is one of the largest hydraulically filled earth dams in the world, measuring 21,026 feet long, with a height of 250.5 feet. The five turbines can generate 185,250 kilowatts of power. Its original purpose was not only to control floods but to create jobs in a depression-saddled economy. In 1933, the undertaking was the nation's largest public works project. The building of the dam, at its peak in 1936, provided 10,456 jobs; it was completed in 1940.


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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Peck_Dam
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Coordinates:   48°0'15"N   106°25'53"W
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