La Grande Dam
LaGrande Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Nisqually River, on the border of Pierce County and Thurston County, Washington. LaGrande is the lesser of two coordinated dams on the Nisqually, situated two miles north of the other, Alder Dam.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Thurston County, Washington, United States of America
- Also known as: “LaGrande Dam”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Alder Dam.
Alder Dam
Power station
Photo: Murderbike, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alder Dam is a concrete thick arch dam on the Nisqually River in the U.S. state of Washington. The construction began in 1942 and was completed in 1945. Alder Dam is situated 1½ miles south of La Grande Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eatonville.
Eatonville
Photo: Steven Pavlov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eatonville is a town in the foothills of Mount Rainier, near the south end of Puget Sound in Washington State.
La Grande Dam
- Category: hydroelectric power station
- Location: Thurston, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
46.8229° or 46° 49′ 22″ northLongitude
-122.3043° or 122° 18′ 16″ westElevation
925 feet (282 metres)Open location code
84RVRMFW+57OpenStreetMap ID
way 383936793OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“La Grande Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “La Grande Dam (alihan sa tubig sa Estados Unidos, Washington)”
- Cebuano: “La Grande Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد لاجراندى”
- German: “Talsperre LaGrande”
- Italian: “diga di LaGrande”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Ла-Гранде”
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