Swift Dam
Swift Dam or Swift No. 1 is an earth-type hydroelectric dam on the Lewis River, in the U.S. state of Washington.[2] Completed 62 years ago in 1958,[2] it is located in Skamania County and its reservoir is called Swift Reservoir.
| Swift Dam | |
|---|---|
  Location of Swift Dam in Washington (state)  Swift Dam (the United States) | |
| Official name | Swift No. 1 Dam |
| Location | Skamania County, Washington, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 46°3′47″N 122°11′52″W |
| Opening date | 1958[1][2] |
| Operator(s) | PacifiCorp[1] |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Impounds | Lewis River |
| Height | 512 ft (156 m)[3] |
| Length | 2,100 ft (640 m)[1] |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Swift Reservoir |
| Total capacity | 755,600 acre feet (0.932 km3)[4] |
| Catchment area | 481 square miles (1,250 km2)[1] |
| Surface area | 4,620 acres (1,870 ha)[1] |
| Power Station | |
| Operator(s) | PacifiCorp |
| Installed capacity | 240 MW |
References
- Swift Dam Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, NPDP Dam Directory
- "Mammoth earth-fill dam completed on Lewis River". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 18, 1958. p. 5A.
- "Lewis River". PacifiCorp. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- "Reservoirs in the United States" (PDF). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
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