Bliss Dam

Bliss Dam
Location of Bliss Dam in Idaho
Location Elmore / Gooding counties, Idaho
Coordinates 42°54′49″N 115°4′14″W / 42.91361°N 115.07056°W / 42.91361; -115.07056Coordinates: 42°54′49″N 115°4′14″W / 42.91361°N 115.07056°W / 42.91361; -115.07056
Construction began 1948[1]
Opening date 1950[2]
Operator(s) Idaho Power Company[2]
Dam and spillways
Impounds Snake River
Height 70 feet (21 m)[2]
Length 615 feet (187 m)[2]
Reservoir
Total capacity 11,000 acre feet (14,000,000 m3)[2]
Catchment area 35,200 sq mi (91,200 km²)[2]
Surface area 254 acres (1.03 km²)[2]

Bliss Dam is a concrete gravity-type hydroelectric dam on the Snake River, in the U.S. state of Idaho. The dam is located near Bliss, Idaho.

Along with the Upper Salmon Falls and Lower Salmon Falls dam projects, Bliss Dam is part of Idaho Power Company's Mid-Snake Projects.[1] The Mid-Snake Projects in total have a nameplate capacity of 169.5 MW.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Mid-Snake Projects, Idaho Power
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Bliss Dam Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine., NPDP Dam Directory
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/18/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.