Status In use Type of dam Concrete gravity Height 18 m Catchment area 62,160 km² Impound Missouri River | Opening date 1958 Impounds Missouri River Opened 1958 Owner NorthWestern Corporation Spillway 1 | |
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Country United States of America Location Cascade County, Montana Similar Morony Dam, Rainbow Dam, Black Eagle Dam, Ryan Dam, Toston Dam | ||
Cochrane Dam is a run-of-the river hydroelectric dam on the Missouri River, about 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Great Falls in the U.S. state of Montana. The dam has a concrete gravity design and is 59 feet (18 m) high and 753 feet (230 m) long. Its power station has two generators capable of producing 64 megawatts. Construction of the dam was finished in 1958. Montana Power Company originally built the dam, PPL Corporation purchased it in 1997 and sold it to NorthWestern Corporation in 2014.
Map of Cochrane Dam, Great Falls, MT 59404, USA
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