Swift Dam
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| Coordinates | 46 ° 3 '47 " N , 122 ° 11' 52" W | ||||||||
| Data on the structure | |||||||||
| Lock type: | Earthfill dam | ||||||||
| Construction time: | 1931-1958 | ||||||||
| Height of the barrier structure : | 126 m | ||||||||
| Crown length: | 640 m | ||||||||
| Power plant output: | 510 MW | ||||||||
| Operator: | Pacificorp | ||||||||
| Data on the reservoir | |||||||||
| Altitude (at congestion destination ) | 308 m | ||||||||
| Water surface | 18.7 km² | ||||||||
| Reservoir length | 18 km | ||||||||
| Storage space | 932 million m³ | ||||||||
| Catchment area | 1 250 km² | ||||||||
The Swift Dam (Swift No. 1) in Washington , USA, was the construction in 1958 with 126 m one of the highest Erdschüttdämme the world (as height of the dam and 512 feet (= is given 156 m)). The dam is in Skamania County ; the next town is Cougar .
The Swift Reservoir is one of three larger reservoirs on the Lewis River and is used to generate electricity. The running water is not fed back directly into the river, but drives another, smaller power station above the Yale reservoir via a short canal.
Another Swift dam is also in Montana. It was built to replace an older dam that broke in 1964, see Swift Dam and Lower Two Medicine .
See also
- List of the largest dams on earth
- List of the largest hydroelectric plants in the world
- List of dams in the United States