Oxbow Dam

{{Infobox dam

| name = Oxbow Dam

| image = Oxbowdam.jpg

| image_size = 240

| image_caption =

| name_official = Oxbow Dam

| dam_crosses = Snake River

| res_name = Oxbow Reservoir

| country = United States

| location = Hells Canyon,
Adams County, Idaho /
Baker County, Oregon

| location_map = USA##Idaho

| location_map_size =

| location_map_caption = Location in the United States##Location in Idaho

| operator = Idaho Power Company

| dam_length =

| dam_height = {{convert|175|ft}}

| dam_width_base =

| construction_began =

| opening = {{start date and age|1961}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-MpeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mzIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1810%2C4689504 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |title=Oxbow completed (photo) |date=November 30, 1961 |page=1, section 2}}

| cost =

| res_capacity_total = {{convert|58,200|acre.ft|m3}}

| res_catchment = {{convert|73300|sqmi}}

| res_surface = {{convert|1150|acre}}

| coordinates = {{coord|44|58|15|N|116|50|04|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| plant_capacity ={{convert|190|MW}}

| plant_annual_gen ={{convert|1047|GWh}}

| extra = Image:Pacific Northwest River System.png

}}

Oxbow Dam is a hydroelectric run-of-the-river rockfill dam in the western United States, on the Snake River in Hells Canyon (river mile 273) along the Idaho-Oregon border.

Description

File:Oxbow Hydroelectric dam.jpg

Completed {{Time ago|1961}} in 1961, the dam is part of the Hells Canyon Project that also includes Hells Canyon Dam and Brownlee Dam, all built and operated by Idaho Power Company.

The dam's powerhouse contains four generating units with a total nameplate capacity of {{convert|190|MW}}.

Lacking passage for migrating salmon, the three Hells Canyon Project dams blocked access by anadromous salmonids to a stretch of the Snake River drainage basin from Hells Canyon Dam up to Shoshone Falls, which naturally prevents any upstream fish passage to the upper Snake River basin.

Heliport

Oxbow Heliport {{Airport codes|||OR83}} is a private {{convert|100|by|100|ft|adj=on}}, turf heliport owned by Idaho Power.[http://www.gcr1.com/5010Web/airport.cfm?Site=OR83 FAA 5010 for OR83]

See also

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