Rock Island Dam

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Rock Island Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Columbia River in Washington State, notable as one of the first major dams built on the river for power generation and river control.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Rock Island Dam canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
constructionBegan 1930 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Chelan County ⓘ
generatesElectricityFor Chelan County ⓘ
regional power grid ⓘ
hasFishPassageFacilities yes ⓘ
hasFloodControlRole limited ⓘ
hasGenerationType run-of-the-river ⓘ
hasNumberOfPowerhouses 2 ⓘ
hasPowerhouse Powerhouse 1 ⓘ
Powerhouse 2 ⓘ
linked to: Powerhouse 1
hasRecreationOpportunities boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
hasStatus operational ⓘ
hasTurbineType Francis turbine ⓘ
impounds Columbia River ⓘ
installedCapacity approximately 624 MW ⓘ
isConnectedTo Bonneville Power Administration transmission system ⓘ
isDownstreamOf Wanapum Dam ⓘ
isNamedAfter Rock Island (local geographic feature) ⓘ
isOnSectionOfColumbia upper mid-Columbia River ⓘ
isOwnedByPublicUtility true ⓘ
isPartOf Columbia River hydropower system ⓘ
isPubliclyAccessible yes ⓘ
isUpstreamOf Rocky Reach Dam ⓘ
locatedIn United States ⓘ
Washington State ⓘ
linked to: Washington
locatedOnRiver Columbia River ⓘ
nearestCity Wenatchee, Washington ⓘ
openingDate 1933 ⓘ
operator Chelan County Public Utility District ⓘ
originalCapacity approximately 132 MW ⓘ
owner Chelan County Public Utility District ⓘ
purpose power generation ⓘ
river regulation ⓘ
region Pacific Northwest ⓘ
reservoirName Rock Island Pool ⓘ
riverBasin Columbia River Basin ⓘ
state Washington ⓘ
wasExpanded 1950s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
wasFirstLargeHydroelectricDamOn Columbia River in the United States ⓘ
linked to: Columbia River
wasOneOfFirstMajorDamsOn Columbia River ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Wanapum Dam → downstreamFrom → Rock Island Dam ⓘ
Columbia River → hasHydroelectricDam → Rock Island Dam ⓘ