Country United States Type of dam Embankment, earth-fill Length 1,450 ft (442 m) Catchment area 720.8 km² Construction began 1946 | Opening date 1951 Impounds Grand Coulee Height 44 m Create Banks Lake | |
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Location Grant County, Washington Operator United States Bureau of Reclamation Similar Dry Falls Dam, Pinto Dam, Coulee Dam Casino, Grand Coulee Dam, Owyhee Dam | ||
North Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam near the town of Grand Coulee in Grant County, Washington, United States. Construction of the dam began in 1946 and it was completed in 1951. Along with Dry Falls Dam about 22 mi (35 km) to the southeast, North Dam creates the reservoir Banks Lake within the ancient Grand Coulee riverbed. The lake serves as the equalizer reservoir of the Columbia Basin Project. Near the North Dam's left abutment is the entrance to the feeder canal of the project. The canal serves to either deliver water to the Pump-generating plant at Grand Coulee Dam or return water to Banks Lake from the same pumped-storage plant.
Map of North Dam, Grand Coulee, WA 99133, USA
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