Lower Granite Dam
Lower Granite Lock and Dam is a concrete gravity run-of-the-river dam in southeastern Washington in the United States. On the lower Snake River, it bridges Whitman and Garfield counties.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Power station
- Description: gravity dam on the Snake River, Washington, United States
- Also known as: “LOWER GRANITE LAKE”, “LOWER GRANITE LOCK AND DAM”, and “Lower Granite Powerhouse”
Lower Granite Dam
- Categories: gravity dam, lock, hydroelectric power station, and industry
- Location: Garfield, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
46.65809° or 46° 39′ 29″ north
Longitude
-117.43087° or 117° 25′ 51″ west
Established
April 1975
Operator
United States Army Corps of Engineers
Open location code
85R4MH59+6M
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Lower Granite Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lower Granite Lake Dam”
- French: “barrage Lower Granite”
- French: “Barrage Lower Granite”
- German: “Kraftwerk Lower Granite”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lower Granite-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Lower Granite-demningen”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Ловер-Граніт”
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Highlights: Visitor Center and Log Cabin Island.
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