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Fort Peck Dam - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Fort Peck Dam - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Fort Peck Dam is the highest of six major dams along the Missouri River, located in northeast Montana in the United States, near Glasgow, and adjacent to the community of Fort Peck. At in length and over in height, it is the largest hydraulically filled dam in the United States, and creates Fort Peck Lake, the fifth largest artificial lake in the U.S., more than long, deep, and it has a shoreline which is longer than the state of California's coastline.Julie Fanselow, Traveling the Lewis and Clark Trail (2003) p. 130 It lies within the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge. The dam and the lake are owned and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and exist for the purposes of hydroelectric power generation, flood control, and water quality management. Read more on Wikipedia
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