Bonneville Dam, Columbia River, Washington & Oregon
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| Cost $42,200,000. Capacity of spillway 1,600,000 cubic feet per second. Power plants develop 600,000 H. P. Fish ladders costing $2,500,000 convey during salmon runs as many as 23,000 chinook per day. This dam makes navigation possible for ocean vessels 187 miles inland to The Dalles, Oregon. |
