Lower Monumental Dam

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Lower Monumental Dam is a hydroelectric concrete gravity dam on the lower Snake River in Washington State, forming Lake Herbert G. West and supporting power generation, navigation, and irrigation in the region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concrete gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
annualGeneration approximately 2.3 billion kWh ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
constructionBegan 1961 ⓘ
constructionMaterial concrete ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createsReservoir Lake Herbert G. West ⓘ
damType concrete gravity ⓘ
energySource hydropower ⓘ
environmentalIssue impacts on salmon and steelhead runs ⓘ
gridConnection Bonneville Power Administration transmission system ⓘ
hasFishBypassSystem yes ⓘ
hasFishLadder yes ⓘ
hasNavigationLock yes ⓘ
hasPowerPlant yes ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
hasSpillwayGates yes ⓘ
installedCapacity 810 MW ⓘ
isDownstreamOf Ice Harbor Dam ⓘ
isPartOf Snake River dams ⓘ
isUpstreamOf Little Goose Dam ⓘ
locatedIn Washington State ⓘ
linked to: Washington
locatedOn lower Snake River ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Snake River ⓘ
managedBy Walla Walla District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
namedReservoirAfter Herbert G. West ⓘ
nearestCity Kahlotus, Washington ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 6 ⓘ
openingDate 1969 ⓘ
operator U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
ownedBy United States government ⓘ
partOf Federal Columbia River Power System ⓘ
purpose hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation support ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
region Pacific Northwest ⓘ
reservoirName Lake Herbert G. West ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea about 6500 acres ⓘ
reservoirTotalCapacity about 421000 acre-feet ⓘ
riverSystem Columbia River Basin ⓘ
state Washington ⓘ
supportsBargeTraffic yes ⓘ
supportsFishPassage yes ⓘ
supportsIrrigation yes ⓘ
supportsNavigation yes ⓘ
turbineType Kaplan ⓘ
watercourse Snake River ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Snake River → hasDam → Lower Monumental Dam ⓘ
Lower Granite Dam → downstreamFrom → Lower Monumental Dam ⓘ
Little Goose Dam → upstreamFrom → Lower Monumental Dam ⓘ
Ice Harbor Dam → isUpstreamOf → Lower Monumental Dam ⓘ
Port of Lewiston → navigationSupportedBy → Lower Monumental Dam ⓘ
Snake River hydropower system → hasPart → Lower Monumental Dam ⓘ
lower Snake River → hasDam → Lower Monumental Dam ⓘ
lower Snake River → hasNavigationLock → Lower Monumental Dam navigation lock ⓘ
linked to: Lower Monumental Dam
Herbert G. West Lake → formedBy → Lower Monumental Dam ⓘ
subject linked to: Herbert G. West
Lower Snake River Project → hasPart → Lower Monumental Dam ⓘ
Ice Harbor Lock → locatedDownstreamFrom → Lower Monumental Dam ⓘ
Kahlotus, Washington → locatedNear → Lower Monumental Dam ⓘ
Snake River, Washington → hasDam → Lower Monumental Dam ⓘ