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Yale Dam

Yale Dam

Dam in Washington, USA

For the dam in Sichuan, China, see Yele Dam.

Yale Dam is a 323-foot high earth-type hydroelectric dam on the Lewis River, in the U.S. state of Washington,[4] owned by PacifiCorp.[2] It is located on the border between Cowlitz County and Clark County. Its reservoir is called Yale Lake. The dam's power plant capacity is 134 megawatts.[3]

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In January 2020, PacifiCorp, the dam owner, lowered the reservoir level 10 feet below normal operating level in order to reduce the probability of an accidental release due to an earthquake.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Dam Name: Yale". npdp.stanford.edu. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011.
  2. [2]
    "Dam Name: Yale". npdp.stanford.edu. Archived from the original on 10 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Yale Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project No. P-2071, Application for License Amendment, Volume I of V" (PDF). pacificorp.com. July 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  4. [4]
    Johnson, Noel. "Yale Dam - Recreation". lewisriver.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2010. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
  5. [5]
    Fairbanks, Katie (16 Jan 2020). "PacifiCorp to lower Yale Reservoir because of earthquake risk". The Columbian. Archived from the original on 17 January 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2022.


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