Ross Dam
Ross Dam is a 540-foot -high, 1,300-foot -long concrete thin arch dam across the Skagit River, forming Ross Lake. The dam is in Washington state, while Ross Lake extends 23 miles north to British Columbia, Canada.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Industrial building
- Description: dam in Whatcom County, Washington, United States of America
- Also known as: “Ross Dam Powerhouse” and “Ruby Dam”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pierce Mountain and Sourdough Mountain Lookout.
Pierce Mountain
Peak
Photo: Ron Clausen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pierce Mountain is a 4,973-foot summit in the North Cascades of Washington, United States. It is located within North Cascades National Park and Stephen Mather Wilderness.
Sourdough Mountain Lookout
Historic building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Sourdough Mountain Lookout is a fire lookout that was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1933. Constructed atop Sourdough Mountain in North Cascades National Park, in the U.S. state of Washington, the lookout was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. Sourdough Mountain Lookout is situated 2 miles northwest of Ross Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Diablo.
Diablo
Hamlet
Photo: Ron Clausen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Diablo is an unincorporated community in Whatcom County, Washington, United States. It is located near Diablo Dam in the Ross Lake National Recreation Area, along the Skagit River. Diablo is situated 3½ miles west of Ross Dam.
Ross Dam
- Categories: arch dam, hydroelectric power station, building, and industry
- Location: Whatcom, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.72991° or 48° 43′ 48″ northLongitude
-121.07136° or 121° 4′ 17″ westInception
December 1952Operator
City of Seattle - (WA)Open location code
84WWPWHH+XFOpenStreetMap ID
way 51794012OpenStreetMap feature
building=industrialWikidata ID
Q624078
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Ross Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ross Dam (alihan sa tubig sa Estados Unidos, Washington, Whatcom County)”
- Cebuano: “Ross Dam”
- Chinese: “羅斯水壩”
- Egyptian Arabic: “روس دام”
- French: “barrage de Ross”
- French: “Barrage de Ross”
- German: “Ross Dam”
- German: “Ross-Talsperre”
- German: “Ruby Dam”
- Italian: “diga di Ross”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ross-demningen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ruby-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Ross-demningen”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Росс”
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