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Oxbow Dam
Oxbow Dam is located in the United States
Oxbow Dam
Location in the United States
Oxbow Dam is located in Idaho
Oxbow Dam
Location in Idaho
Official nameOxbow Dam
CountryUnited States
LocationHells Canyon,
Adams County, Idaho /
Baker County, Oregon
Coordinates44°58′15″N 116°50′04″W / 44.97083°N 116.83444°W / 44.97083; -116.83444
Opening date1961; 63 years ago (1961)[1]
Operator(s)Idaho Power Company
Dam and spillways
ImpoundsSnake River
Height175 feet (53 m)
Reservoir
CreatesOxbow Reservoir
Total capacity58,200 acre-feet (71,800,000 m3)
Catchment area73,300 square miles (190,000 km2)
Surface area1,150 acres (470 ha)
Power Station
Installed capacity190 megawatts (250,000 hp)
Annual generation1,047 gigawatt-hours (3,770 TJ)
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Oxbow Dam is a hydroelectric run-of-the-river rockfill dam in the western United States, on the Snake River in Hells Canyon (river mile 273) along the Idaho-Oregon border.

  1. ^ "Oxbow completed (photo)". Lewiston Morning Tribune. November 30, 1961. p. 1, section 2.

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