Opening date 1964 Length 1,450 feet (442 m) Height 134 m Total capacity 659.9 million m³ | Impounds Deschutes River Width (base) 1,570 feet (480 m) Opened 1964 Construction cost 62 million USD | |
Location Jefferson County, Oregon, USA Operator(s) Portland General Electric Co Address Round Butte Dam, Madras, OR 97741, USA Create The Cove Palisades State Park Similar Pelton Dam, Round Butte Overlook, Arthur R Bowman Dam, Cougar Dam, Suttle Lake | ||
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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.
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