Round Butte Dam

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Round Butte Dam
Coordinates 44°36′11″N 121°16′40″W / 44.60306°N 121.27778°W / 44.60306; -121.27778Coordinates: 44°36′11″N 121°16′40″W / 44.60306°N 121.27778°W / 44.60306; -121.27778[1]
Construction cost $62 million

Round Butte Dam is a rockfill-type hydroelectric dam on the Deschutes River, in the U.S. state of Oregon.

Located in Jefferson County and owned by the power company Portland General Electric, its reservoir is called Lake Billy Chinook.

The dam was completed in 1965 after three years of construction. More than 10 million tons of earth-fill were used to create this 440-foot tall, 1,320-foot wide, and 1,570-foot thick at the base storage dam.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Round Butte Dam
  2. ↑ http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/historical_records/dspDocument.cfm?doc_ID=88972405-A286-321F-A86621E4CDABF4E1
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