Spokane Falls

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Upper Spokane Falls.
Upper Spokane Falls.
Monroe Street Dam on the Lower Spokane Falls in May 2007.
Monroe Street Dam on the Lower Spokane Falls in May 2007.

Spokane Falls is the name of the water feature on the Spokane River in downtown Spokane, Washington.

The falls consists of an Upper Falls and a Lower Falls. The Upper Falls is the site of a diversion dam (the Upper Falls Dam) constructed in 1920 that directs the water into the Upper Falls Intake on the South Channel of the Spokane River. The Upper Falls Power Plant generates 10 Megawatts.

The Lower Falls is site of a second diversion dam (the Monroe Street Dam).

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Coordinates: 47°39′42.6″N, 117°25′28.4″W

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