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The Dalles Dam

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Location: The Dalles, Oregon

Columbia River mile: 191.5

Operator: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Type: Run of river dam and reservoir

Completed: 1960 (14 turbine units); 1973 (8 turbine units)

Generating capacity: 1,780 megawatts

Juvenile fish passage facilities: Ice and trash sluiceway

Adult fish passage facilities: Two fish ladders with fish counting stations

Additional notes: Surface bypass system studies are ongoing at this project; however, spill and the ice and trash sluiceway will continue to be the primary juvenile passage routes

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