Fort Peck Dam - Wikipedia
The Fort Peck Dam is the highest of six major dams along the Missouri River, located in northeast Montana in the United States, near Glasgow, and adjacent to the community of Fort Peck.
Fort Peck Dam - United States Army
Fort Peck Dam is the first dam built in the upper Missouri River Basin. The area surrounding Fort Peck was first charted by Lewis and Clark in 1804, and the pristine natural...
Fort Peck Dam | Description, History, & Facts | Britannica
Fort Peck Dam, dam on the Missouri River, northeastern Montana, U.S. A Public Works Administration project begun in 1933 and completed in 1940, it provides flood control, improved navigation, and hydroelectric power. It is one of the world’s largest earthfill dams.
A brief history of the Fort Peck Dam - KRTV NEWS Great Falls
2023年1月30日 · Building multiple major diversion tunnels, 25 feet in diameter – with the capacity to carry the entire Missouri River. Using floating dredges to build the six miles of dam, two towering power...
Fort Peck & Fort Peck Dam | The Great Northern Route Through ...
Enormous Fort Peck Lake, 19 mi (31 km) south of Glasgow and US-2 via Hwy-24, collects the waters of the Missouri River behind massive Fort Peck Dam, one of the largest construction projects of the New Deal era and still the world’s second-largest earthen dam.
Fort Peck Lake - Wikipedia
Fort Peck Lake, or Lake Fort Peck, is a major reservoir in Montana, formed by the Fort Peck Dam on the Missouri River. The lake lies in the eastern prairie region of Montana approximately 140 miles (230 km) east of Great Falls and 120 miles (190 km) north of Billings, reaching into portions of six counties. [1]
A short course in a big dam's history > Omaha District > News ...
2012年6月23日 · The largest dam in the world; that was what Fort Peck was destined to be when it was on the drawing table in 1933. At nearly four miles long, 250 feet high and more than 3/4 mile wide at the...