Madden Dam

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Madden Dam is a major concrete gravity dam in Panama that helps regulate the flow of the Chagres River and supplies water for the Panama Canal and hydroelectric power generation.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Madden Dam canonical 2
Madden Lake Dam 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf concrete gravity dam ⓘ
dam ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Alajuela Dam ⓘ
Madden Lake Dam ⓘ
linked to: Madden Dam
basinCountry Panama ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1932 ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Panama ⓘ
damType gravity dam ⓘ
designedFor regulating Chagres River flow ⓘ
energySource hydropower ⓘ
formsReservoir Lake Alajuela ⓘ
linked to: Alajuela Lake
hasHydroelectricPlant Madden Dam Hydroelectric Plant ⓘ
locatedIn Panama Canal watershed ⓘ
locatedNear Gamboa, Panama ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Chagres River ⓘ
material concrete ⓘ
openingDate 1935 ⓘ
operator Panama Canal Authority ⓘ
ownedBy Panama Canal Authority ⓘ
partOf Panama Canal water management system ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
flow regulation ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
water supply ⓘ
region Panama Province ⓘ
linked to: Panamá Province
reservoirName Lake Alajuela ⓘ
linked to: Alajuela Lake
suppliesWaterTo Panama Canal ⓘ
supportsFunction operation of the Panama Canal ⓘ
watercourse Chagres River ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Chagres River → hasDam → Madden Dam ⓘ
Alajuela Lake → createdBy → Madden Dam ⓘ
Madden Dam → alsoKnownAs → Madden Lake Dam ⓘ
linked to: Madden Dam