Swift Dam

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| name = Swift Dam

| image =

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| name_official = Swift No. 1 Dam

| dam_crosses = Lewis River

| res_name = Swift Reservoir

| location = Skamania County, Washington, U.S.

| operator = PacifiCorp

| dam_length = {{convert|2100|ft|0|abbr=on}}[http://npdp.stanford.edu/DamDirectory/DamDetail.jsp?npdp_id=WA00147 Swift Dam] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716112421/http://npdp.stanford.edu/DamDirectory/DamDetail.jsp?npdp_id=WA00147 |date=2011-07-16 }}, NPDP Dam Directory

| dam_height = {{convert|512|ft|abbr=on}}{{cite web|title=Lewis River|url=http://www.pacificorp.com/es/hydro/hl/lr.html|publisher=PacifiCorp|accessdate=5 October 2010|archive-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404171418/http://www.pacificorp.com/es/hydro/hl/lr.html|url-status=dead}}

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| opening = 1958{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BfJVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=deIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6809%2C3051877 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=Mammoth earth-fill dam completed on Lewis River |date=November 18, 1958 |page=5A}}

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| res_capacity_total = {{convert|755,600|acre.ft|km3|sigfig=3|lk=in}}{{cite web|title=Reservoirs in the United States|url=http://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/1838/report.pdf|publisher=United States Geological Survey|accessdate=20 December 2014}}

| res_catchment = {{convert|481|sqmi|km2|sigfig=3}}

| res_surface = {{convert|4620|acre}}

| plant_operator = PacifiCorp

| plant_turbines =

| plant_capacity = 240 MW

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| location_map = Washington#USA

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| coordinates = {{coord|46|3|47|N|122|11|52|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

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Swift Dam or Swift No. 1 is an earth-type hydroelectric dam on the Lewis River, in the U.S. state of Washington. Completed in 1958, it is located in Skamania County and its reservoir is called Swift Reservoir.

See also

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References