Kortes Dam

Kortes Dam is a dam in . The concrete gravity dam was constructed between 1946 and 1951 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation, with a height of 244 feet, and a length of 440 feet at its crest.
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  • Type: Industrial building
  • Description: dam in Carbon County, Wyoming, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Kortes Power Station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Seminoe Dam.

Power station
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is a concrete thick-arch dam on the in the state of . The dam stores water for irrigation and hydroelectricity generation and is owned and operated by the U.S. is situated 2 miles southwest of Kortes Dam.

Kortes Dam

Latitude
42.17428° or 42° 10′ 27″ north
Longitude
-106.88056° or 106° 52′ 50″ west
Established
June 1950
Operator
U S Bureau of Reclamation
Open location code
85JM54F9+PQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 864234571
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­industrial
Wiki­data ID
Q14714791
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Italian—“Kortes Dam” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Kortes Dam (alihan sa tubig sa Estados Unidos, lat 42,17, long -106,88)”
  • Cebuano: “Kortes Dam”
  • Central Bikol: “Sagop Kortes”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سد كورتيس”
  • German: “Talsperre Kortes”
  • Italian: “diga di Kortes”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Kortes Reservoir and Kortes Benchmark.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Seminoe Dam and Miracle Mile Substation.

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