Pensacola Dam
The Pensacola Dam, also known as the Grand River Dam, is a multiple-arch buttress dam located between the towns of Disney and Langley on the Grand River in Mayes County, Oklahoma.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Power station
- Description: dam in Mayes County, Oklahoma, United States of America
- Also known as: “Grand River Dam” and “Pensacola Power Plant”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Langley and Disney.
Langley
Village
Langley is a town in Mayes and Craig counties, Oklahoma, United States. It sits in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains on the coast of Grand Lake o' the Cherokees. The population was 606 at the 2020 census, down from 819 in 2010.
Disney
Village
Disney is a town in Mayes County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 222 at the 2020 census, down from 311 in 2010. The town is named for former Oklahoma U.S. Disney is situated 1½ miles northeast of Pensacola Dam.
Ketchum
Village
Ketchum is a town in Craig and Mayes counties, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 471 at the 2020 census, up from 442 in 2010. Ketchum is situated 4 miles north of Pensacola Dam.
Pensacola Dam
- Categories: dam, hydroelectric power station, building, and industry
- Location: Mayes, Oklahoma, Great Plains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.46817° or 36° 28′ 5″ northLongitude
-95.04087° or 95° 2′ 27″ westInception
August 1940Operator
Grand River Dam AuthorityOpen location code
8686FX95+7MOpenStreetMap ID
way 137443211OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q7164692
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Pensacola Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pensacola Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد بينساكولا”
- French: “barrage de Pensacola”
- French: “Barrage de Pensacola”
- Italian: “diga di Pensacola”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pensacola-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Pensacola-demningen”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Пенсакола”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Recreation Area Number 1 and Cherokee State Park.
Nearby Places
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