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The Dalles Dam

1958, All the rapids of the Columbia River were inundated in March 1957 when The Dalles Dam was completed, forming Lake Celilo. Oregon State Archives Photograph #7246 (Ben Maxwell). Photograph Date: September 15, 1958. Photographer: Ben Maxwell. From: Salem Public Library Collection. -- Oregon State Archives Website, 2002http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/LivingWith/Historical/LewisClark/volcanoes_lewis_clark_april_18_1806.html

Kathie Durbin, Bridging a Great Divide: The Battle for the Columbia River Gorge

The Dalles Dam came nineteen years later [after the construction of Bonneville Dam], in 1957.

Durbin, Kathie. Bridging a Great Divide: The Battle for the Columbia River Gorge. Corvallis: Oregon State University Press. 2013. Print. 18.

Aerial view, The Dalles Dam, Oregon. In this image, Oregon is on the left with the city of The Dalles (upper central) and Interstate-84 prominently running through the view. Washington State is on the right. -- U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Website, 2003 http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/LivingWith/Historical/LewisClark/volcanoes_lewis_clark_april_18_1806.html

"The Dalles Dam was originally proposed as a high dam, but concerns about its costs and the impact on fish runs led the Corps to shift to a plan for a low dam."

The Oregon Encyclopedia: The Dalles Damhttps://oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/the_dalles_dam/#.Xx7v9p5KjtQ

The Dalles Dam

Kathie Durbin, Bridging a Great Divide: The Battle for the Columbia River Gorge

"The Dalles Dam was originally proposed as a high dam, but concerns about its costs and the impact on fish runs led the Corps to shift to a plan for a low dam."

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The Oregon Encyclopedia: The Dalles Dam

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