Garrison Dam

USA / North Dakota / Riverdale /
 dam, electric power industry / power supply, hydroelectric power station/plant

Located on the Missouri River 75 miles upstream from Bismarck, N.D. Garrison Dam is one of the largest rolled earth-fill dams in the world.

Garrison Dam was constructed as part of the Pick-Sloan Plan for development of the upper Missouri River Basin. Construction on the $294 million dam project began in 1947 and closure of the embankment occurred in April 1953. Earthwork was completed in the fall of 1954.

For more see:
www.nwo.usace.army.mil/html/Lake_Proj/garrison/welcome....
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Coordinates:   47°29'39"N   101°24'36"W
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