John Day Dam
The John Day Dam is a concrete gravity run-of-the-river dam spanning the Columbia River in the northwestern United States. The dam features a navigation lock plus fish ladders on both sides.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Power station
- Description: concrete gravity run-of-the-river dam on the Columbia River in Oregon and Washington, United States
- Also known as: “John Day Powerhouse”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rufus.
Rufus
Village
Rufus is a city in Sherman County, Oregon, United States. The population was 268 at the 2020 census. The city was named for an early settler, Rufus Carrol Wallis. Rufus is situated 2½ miles southwest of John Day Dam.
John Day Dam
- Categories: dam, lock, hydroelectric power station, and industry
- Location: Sherman, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.71392° or 45° 42′ 50″ northLongitude
-120.69144° or 120° 41′ 29″ westInception
August 1968Operator
United States Army Corps of EngineersOpen location code
84QXP875+HCOpenStreetMap ID
way 419361408OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q689531
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“John Day Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “John Day Dam (alihan sa tubig sa Estados Unidos, Washington)”
- Cebuano: “John Day Dam”
- Chinese: “約翰戴水壩”
- Chinese: “約翰戴水電站”
- Chinese: “約翰迪水電站”
- Chinese: “约翰戴水电站”
- Chinese: “约翰迪水电站”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد جون داى”
- French: “barrage John-Day”
- French: “Barrage John-Day”
- French: “John Day Dam”
- German: “John Day Dam”
- German: “John-Day-Talsperre”
- Italian: “diga di John Day”
- Japanese: “ジョン・デイ・ダム”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “John Day-demningen”
- Norwegian: “John Day-demningen”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Джона Дея”
Places with the Same Name
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include John Day Lock and North Shore Treaty Fishing Access Site.
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