Glines Canyon Dam

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Glines Canyon Dam was a concrete arch dam on Washington State’s Elwha River, notable for its role in hydroelectric power generation and its later removal as part of one of the largest river restoration projects in U.S. history.

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Glines Canyon Dam canonical 1
removal of Glines Canyon Dam 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf concrete arch dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
acquiredByNPSDate 1992 ⓘ
archType single-arch concrete structure ⓘ
associatedDam Elwha Dam ⓘ
completionDate 1927 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1925 ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
demolitionEndDate 2014 ⓘ
demolitionStartDate 2011 ⓘ
designedBy Northwestern Power and Light Company engineers ⓘ
fishPassage no fish ladder ⓘ
height 210 feet ⓘ
64 meters ⓘ
historicUse power supply for timber and paper industries ⓘ
impact altered riverine and coastal ecosystems ⓘ
blocked salmon migration on the Elwha River ⓘ
reduced sediment transport downstream ⓘ
installedCapacity 13.3 megawatts ⓘ
legislativeBasisForRemoval Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act of 1992 ⓘ
length 210 feet ⓘ
64 meters ⓘ
locatedIn Clallam County, Washington ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Olympic National Park ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Elwha River ⓘ
material concrete ⓘ
nearCity Port Angeles, Washington ⓘ
linked to: Port Angeles
numberOfTurbines 2 ⓘ
openingDate 1927 ⓘ
operatorBeforeRemoval U.S. National Park Service ⓘ
owner U.S. National Park Service ⓘ
partOfProject Elwha River Restoration Project ⓘ
postRemovalFeature Glines Canyon overlook ⓘ
previousOwner Crown Zellerbach Corporation ⓘ
Northwestern Power and Light Company ⓘ
Washington Water Power Company ⓘ
primaryPurpose hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
removalMethod phased deconstruction ⓘ
removalSignificance key component of Elwha River ecosystem restoration ⓘ
one of the largest dam removal projects in U.S. history ⓘ
reservoirName Lake Mills ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceElevation 607 feet ⓘ
riverRestored Elwha River free-flowing condition ⓘ
secondaryPurpose industrial power supply ⓘ
spillwayType overflow spillway ⓘ
state Washington ⓘ
status removed ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ

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

Elwha River → hadDam → Glines Canyon Dam ⓘ
Elwha Valley → historicalEvent → removal of Glines Canyon Dam ⓘ
linked to: Glines Canyon Dam