Glen Canyon Dam
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| Construction of this dam on the Colorado River, upstream from the Grand Canyon, started in 1956 and created Lake Powell when it was finished in 1963. The lake flooded a 186-mile long valley, forming the second largest man-made lake in the country (after Lake Mead, 200 miles downstream), a water storage reservoir meant to, among other things, control flooding downstream. The dam is 710 feet high, above bedrock, and 1,560 feet across. |
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Two miles N of Page
(POINT(-111.4841636501 36.9376220703))
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AZ
Coconino County |
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| The Carl Hayden Visitors Center is located at the dam and has lots of displays, and guided tours inside the dam. U.S. 89 and the Colorado River. |
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http://www.desertusa.com/gc/gcd/du_glencandamtour.html
http://www.glencanyonnha.org/glen_canyon_dam/glencanyondam_tour.php
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