Box Canyon Dam (Washington)

Box Canyon Dam (Washington)

Infobox_Dam
dam_name = Box Canyon Dam


caption =
crosses = Pend Oreille River
reservoir =
locale = Washington
maint = Pend Oreille PUD [http://npdp.stanford.edu/DamDirectory/DamDetail.jsp?npdp_id=WA00013 Box Canyon Dam] , NPDP Dam Directory]
length = 160 ft (49 m) [http://www.popud.com/Box%20Canyon%20Hydro.htm] , Pend Oreille PUD]
height = 62 ft (19 m)
width =
production_capacity = 62 MW
began = 1952
open = 1956
cost =
reservoir_capacity = 60,000 acre feet (74,000,000 m³)
reservoir_catchment = 24,900 sq mi (64,490 km²)
reservoir_surface = 5 acres (20,000 m²)
map_cue =
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map_text =
map_width =
coordinates = coord|48|46|49|N|117|24|45|W|region:US_type:landmark Gnis|1516899|Box Canyon Dam, USGS, GNIS]
extra =

Box Canyon Dam is a gravity-type hydroelectric dam on the Pend Oreille River, in northeast part of the U.S. state of Washington.

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