Shasta Dam

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Shasta Dam is a large concrete gravity dam on California’s Sacramento River, forming Shasta Lake and serving as a key source of water storage, hydroelectric power, and flood control for the state.

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Shasta Dam canonical 10
Shasta Powerplant 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf concrete gravity dam
dam
completionDate 1945
constructionEra New Deal era
linked to: New Deal
constructionMaterial concrete
constructionStartDate 1938
country United States
crestElevation 1067 feet above sea level
crosses Sacramento River
damType gravity dam
formsReservoir Shasta Lake
hasPowerPlant Shasta Powerplant
linked to: Shasta Dam
height 183 meters
602 feet
installedCapacity about 676 MW
length 1055 meters
3460 feet
listedAs National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark
locatedIn California
Shasta County, California
linked to: Shasta County
locatedInCountry United States
locatedOnRiver Sacramento River
namedAfter Mount Shasta
nearCity Redding, California
linked to: Redding

Shasta Lake, California
linked to: Shasta Lake
numberOfTurbines 5
openingDate 1945
operator United States Bureau of Reclamation
owner United States Bureau of Reclamation
partOfProject Central Valley Project
partOfSystem California water system
powerPlantType hydroelectric power plant
primaryPurpose flood control
hydroelectric power generation
water storage
providesService flood control for Sacramento Valley
hydroelectric power to the regional grid
water supply for agriculture
water supply for municipalities
regionServed Central Valley of California
linked to: Central Valley

Sacramento Valley
San Joaquin Valley
reservoirName Shasta Lake
reservoirTotalCapacity 4552000 acre-feet
5.61 cubic kilometers
riverBasin Sacramento River Basin
secondaryPurpose irrigation supply
recreation support
turbineType Francis turbine

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

Central Valley Project includes Shasta Dam
Shasta County contains Shasta Dam
Bureau of Reclamation hasDams Shasta Dam
Sacramento River hasDam Shasta Dam
Keswick Dam downstreamOf Shasta Dam
Shasta Dam hasPowerPlant Shasta Powerplant
linked to: Shasta Dam
Shasta Lake formedByDam Shasta Dam
City of Shasta Lake locatedNear Shasta Dam
Keswick Reservoir isDownstreamOf Shasta Dam