Palisades Dam
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Palisades Dam | |
Palisades Dam and Reservoir |
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Official name | Palisades Dam |
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Impounds | Snake River |
Creates | Palisades Reservoir |
Locale | Idaho, USA |
Maintained by | U.S. Bureau of Reclamation |
Length | 2,100 feet (640 m) |
Height | 270 feet (82 m) |
Construction began | 1951 |
Opening date | 1957 |
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Coordinates | Coordinates: |
Palisades Dam is a earth-fill dam on the Snake River in Bonneville County in the U.S. state of Idaho. The dam was completed in 1957 and provides irrigation water, flood control, and recreation; it features a four-turbine hydroelectric power plant.