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Hungry Horse Dam : Hungry Horse Dam, on Montana's Flathead River, helped to pave the way for using fly ash in concrete. Completed in 1953, the dam was built with 120,000 metric tons of fly ash. It is one of the largest concrete-arch dams in the nation.
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Hungry Horse Dam in northwestern Montana
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Hungry Horse Project, Montana : Photograph Number P447-100-366. View of the Morning Glory Spillway. A second consecutive drought year has created problems at the Hungry Horse Reservoir. Downstream power-needs have put a great demand on the water stored behind the upper reservoirs. Water elevation behind Hungry Horse Dam on this day is 3408.93 4-27-88 BOR photo by Burt Holmes.
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Hungry Horse Project, Montana : Photograph Number P447-100-575. View of Hungry Horse Dam "glory hole" spillway, passing 30,000 cubic feet of water per second--about 225,000 gallons per second.
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Hungry Horse Dam under construction
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Hungry Horse Dam, Montana
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Hungry Horse Project, Montana : View of Hungry Horse Dam and Reservoir.
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General Information

Beginning of works: 1948
Completion: 1953
Status: in use

Project Type

Structure: Arch dam

Location

Location: , ,
Coordinates: 48° 20' 27.71" N    114° 0' 49.20" W
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Technical Information

Dimensions

height 171.9 m
crest length 644.7 m

Participants

Currently there is no information available about persons or companies having participated in this project.

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  • About this
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  • Structure-ID
    20050256
  • Published on:
    13/12/2009
  • Last updated on:
    24/12/2021
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