Fort Peck Dam

The Fort Peck Dam is the highest of six major dams along the Missouri River, located in northeastern Montana in the United States. At 21,206 feet (6,464 m) in length and over 250 feet (75 m) in height, it is the largest hydraulically filled dam in the United States, and creates Fort Peck Lake, the fifth largest man-make lake in the U.S. It currently lies within the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge; the dam and 134-mile (216 km) long lake exist for the purposes of hydroelectric power generation, flood control, and water quality management.

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Dam - Missouri River - Montana - United States - Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge

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Originally authorized by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933, construction on the Fort Peck Dam employed over 11,000 workers at its peak in 1939. The dam, named for a 19th-century trading post, was completed in 1940, and began generating electricity in July 1943. The site is located near Glasgow, Montana, and the community of Fort Peck, Montana originally developed as a boomtown during the dam's construction. The dam presently has a power-generating capacity of 185,250 kilowatts.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt - 1933 - 1939 - 1940 - 1943 - Glasgow, Montana - Fort Peck, Montana

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