Lake Chelan Dam information

Lake Chelan Dam
Lake Chelan Dam
	Aerial view of dam looking up lake
	Location of Lake Chelan Dam in Washington (state)
Official name	Lake Chelan Hydroelectric Project
Country	USA
Location	Chelan, Washington
Coordinates	47°50′4.05″N 120°0′43.23″W / 47.8344583°N 120.0120083°W
Construction began	1926
Opening date	1927
Owner(s)	Chelan County P.U.D. No. 1
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Gravity structure
Impounds	Chelan River headwater
Height	40 feet (12 m)
Length	490 feet (150 m)
Reservoir
Creates	Raised Lake Chelan 21 ft (6.4 m)
Total capacity	15,800,000 acre⋅ft (19.5 km3)
Catchment area	924 sq mi (2,390 km2)
Power Station
Commission date	September 1927
Hydraulic head	400 feet (120 m)
Installed capacity	59.2 megawatts
	Steel-reinforced concrete
	Lake Chelan Hydroelectric Power Plant
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
Location	Southwestern end of Lake Chelan to Columbia River
Coordinates	47°49′36″N 120°00′11″W / 47.82664°N 120.00306°W
Area	20 acres (8.1 ha)
MPS	Hydroelectric Power Plants in Washington State, 1890--1938 MPS
NRHP reference No.	88003442
Added to NRHP	December 15, 1988

Lake Chelan Dam officially known as the Lake Chelan Hydroelectric Project is located approximately 32 miles (51 km) north of the city of Wenatchee in Chelan County. The dam is located at the lower or southeasterly end of 50.4 miles (81.1 kilometres)^[5] long Lake Chelan, and is within the limits of the city of Chelan. The powerhouse is located near the community of Chelan Falls. The reservoir has 677,400 acre-feet (835,600,000 m³) of usable water storage. The 10-year average generation for the Project is 365,000 megawatt hours.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Hydropower Reform Coalition (2009). "Hydropower Reform Coalition Success Story" (PDF). Retrieved January 12, 2015.
^ The Wenatchee Daily World (November 1945). "School Bus Plunges into Lake Chelan". Retrieved January 12, 2015.
^ Washington State Department of Ecology (January 1987). "Morphometry of Lake Chelan" (PDF). Retrieved January 12, 2015.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Washington State Department of Ecology (January 1987). "Morphometry of Lake Chelan" (PDF). Retrieved January 12, 2015.

[Chelan-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Hydropower Reform Coalition (2009). "Hydropower Reform Coalition Success Story" (PDF). Retrieved January 12, 2015.

[2] The Wenatchee Daily World (November 1945). "School Bus Plunges into Lake Chelan". Retrieved January 12, 2015.

[Morphometry-3] Washington State Department of Ecology (January 1987). "Morphometry of Lake Chelan" (PDF). Retrieved January 12, 2015.

[nris-4] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[5] Washington State Department of Ecology (January 1987). "Morphometry of Lake Chelan" (PDF). Retrieved January 12, 2015.

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