Official name Hebgen Dam Height 26 m Length 220 m Owner NorthWestern Corporation | Opening date 1914 Spillway type Chute, gate-controlled Opened 1914 | |
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Type of dam Concrete-core, earthen embankment Similar Quake Lake, Madison Dam, Holter Dam, Rocky Mountains, Raynolds Pass | ||
The Hebgen Dam is a concrete-core earthen embankment dam on the Madison River in the U.S. state of Montana. The dam is 85 feet tall and 721 feet long. The dam's purpose is to store and regulate water for other downstream reservoirs and hydroelectric power plants. Montana Power Company originally built the dam, PPL Corporation purchased it in 1997 and sold it to NorthWestern Corporation in 2014.
Contents
- Map of Hebgen Dam West Yellowstone MT 59758 USA
- Hebgen dam closure pile dive inspection part 3
- HistoryEdit
- References
Map of Hebgen Dam, West Yellowstone, MT 59758, USA
Hebgen dam closure pile dive inspection part 3
HistoryEdit
The dam was built in 1914 and created Hebgen Lake. After the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake, the dam was damaged but it was fixed several weeks later. On August 30, 2008, two of the dam's four hydraulic gates failed, releasing 3,400 cubic feet (96 m3) per second of water into the Madison River. The normal discharge of the dam is 900 cubic feet (25 m3) per second and the gate failure caused a 1-foot rise in the river.