Glines Canyon Dam

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Glines Canyon Dam
Locale	Elwha River
Height	210 ft. (64 m)
Destruction date	2012 (est.)
Geographical Data
Elwha river and dam locations

Glines Canyon Dam, built in 1927, is a 210-foot (64 m) high concrete arch dam that forms Lake Mills 13 miles (21 km) upstream from the Elwha River's mouth. The dam is on the National Register of Historic Places.

The dam is slated for removal around 2010, but due to delays this date may be pushed back further. Lacking passage for migrating salmon, its construction blocked access by anadromous salmonids^[1] to the upper 38 miles (48 km) of mainstem habitat and more than 30 miles (48 km) of tributary habitat. The Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act of 1992 authorized the US Federal Government to acquire the Glines Canyon hydroelectric power projects for decommissioning and demolition for habitat reclamation.

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• Grossman, Elizabeth (2002). Watershed: The Undamming of America, Basic Books, ISBN 1582431086.

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