Glen Canyon Dam

Glen Canyon Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River in northern Arizona, United States, near the town of Page.

The 710-foot (220 m) high dam was built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) from 1956 to 1966 and forms Lake Powell.
It is one of the largest man-made reservoirs in the U.S. with a capacity of more than 25 million acre-feet (31 km³).

Glen Canyon Dam holds back the Colorado River to create Lake Powell, which when full holds enough water to supply the entire United States for six months.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Canyon_Dam
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Coordinates:  36°56'13"N 111°29'2"W

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  • Visitors may tour the historic project free of charge beginning at the Carl B. Hayden Visitor Center perched above the lake and power plant... 1.3 million kilowatts of electricity ( powers Las Vegas )
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