Buffalo Bill Dam

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Buffalo Bill Dam is a historic concrete arch-gravity dam on the Shoshone River in Wyoming, once one of the tallest in the world and now a key engineering landmark and visitor attraction.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Buffalo Bill Dam canonical 10
Buffalo Bill Dam and Reservoir project 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf concrete arch-gravity dam ⓘ
engineering landmark ⓘ
historic place ⓘ
associatedWith William F. Cody ⓘ
completedIn 1910 ⓘ
constructionBegan 1905 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createsReservoir Buffalo Bill Reservoir ⓘ
crosses Shoshone River ⓘ
designatedAs National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark ⓘ
designatedBy American Society of Civil Engineers ⓘ
hasHydroelectricPlant Buffalo Bill Powerplant ⓘ
hasVisitorCenter Buffalo Bill Dam Visitor Center ⓘ
height approximately 325 feet ⓘ
heightFromFoundation approximately 325 feet ⓘ
isTouristAttraction true ⓘ
length approximately 200 feet ⓘ
listedOn National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn Wyoming ⓘ
locatedInCounty Park County, Wyoming ⓘ
locatedNear Cody, Wyoming ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Shoshone River ⓘ
material concrete ⓘ
namedAfter Buffalo Bill Cody ⓘ
linked to: William F. Cody
nearHighway U.S. Route 14 ⓘ
U.S. Route 16 ⓘ
U.S. Route 20 ⓘ
Wyoming Highway 120 ⓘ
nearProtectedArea Shoshone National Forest ⓘ
NRHPType structure ⓘ
openedIn 1910 ⓘ
operator United States Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
originalName Shoshone Dam ⓘ
linked to: Shoshone Falls Dam
owner United States Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
partOf Shoshone Project ⓘ
primaryPurpose irrigation ⓘ
projectAuthorizedBy Reclamation Act of 1902 ⓘ
regionServed Bighorn Basin ⓘ
renamedIn 1946 ⓘ
reservoirLocatedIn Shoshone Canyon ⓘ
reservoirName Buffalo Bill Reservoir ⓘ
secondaryPurpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
typeOfDam arch-gravity dam ⓘ
wasWorldsTallestDamAtCompletion true ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

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

Cody, Wyoming → hasAttraction → Buffalo Bill Dam ⓘ
subject linked to: Cody, Wyoming, United States
Shoshone River → hasDam → Buffalo Bill Dam ⓘ
Shoshone Project → hasPart → Buffalo Bill Dam ⓘ
Buffalo Bill Powerplant → usesWaterFrom → Buffalo Bill Dam ⓘ
Buffalo Bill Powerplant → partOf → Buffalo Bill Dam and Reservoir project ⓘ
linked to: Buffalo Bill Dam
Buffalo Bill Powerplant → connectedTo → Buffalo Bill Dam ⓘ
Buffalo Bill Powerplant → usesHeadFrom → Buffalo Bill Dam ⓘ
Cody → hasAttraction → Buffalo Bill Dam ⓘ
Shoshone Canyon → locatedNear → Buffalo Bill Dam ⓘ
Shoshone Canyon → adjacentTo → Buffalo Bill Dam ⓘ
Shoshone Canyon → hasView → Buffalo Bill Dam ⓘ