Priest Rapids Dam
Priest Rapids Dam is a hydroelectric, concrete gravity dam; located on the Columbia River, between the Yakima Firing Range and the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, and bridges Yakima County and Grant County, in the U.S. state of Washington.Photo: Marshman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Power station
- Description: dam in Grant / Yakima counties, Washington
- Also known as: “Priest Rapids Powerhouse”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Desert Aire.
Desert Aire
Village
Desert Aire is a census-designated place in Grant County, Washington, United States. The population was 2,288 at the 2020 census up from 1,626 at the 2010 census. Desert Aire is situated 2½ miles north of Priest Rapids Dam.
Priest Rapids Dam
- Categories: gravity dam, hydroelectric power station, and industry
- Location: Grant, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.64517° or 46° 38′ 43″ northLongitude
-119.90828° or 119° 54′ 30″ westInception
October 1959Operator
PUD No 2 of Grant CountyOpen location code
85R2J3WR+3MOpenStreetMap ID
way 422872607OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q2885403
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Priest Rapids Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Priest Rapids Dam”
- French: “Barrage de Priest Rapids”
- French: “barrage des rapides de Priest”
- French: “Barrage des rapides de Priest”
- French: “Barrage Priest Rapids”
- German: “Priest Rapids Dam”
- Japanese: “プリースト・ラピッズ・ダム”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Priest Rapids-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Priest Rapids-demningen”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Priest Rapids”
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