Libby Dam is a concrete gravity dam in the northwestern United States, on the Kootenai River in northwestern Montana. Dedicated on August 24, 1975, it...
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Kootenai River, and downstream from the Libby Dam. Libby is at an elevation of 2,096 feet (640 m) above sea level. Libby experiences a continental climate (Köppen...
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Kootenay River (redirect from Dams on the Kootenay River)
Koocanusa is formed by Libby Dam east of Libby, Montana. The Kootenai (as it is now named) receives the Fisher River just downstream of the dam and turns west...
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and Montana (United States) formed by the damming of the Kootenai River by the Libby Dam in 1972. The Dam was formally dedicated by President Gerald...
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Columbia River Treaty (redirect from Columbia Treaty Dams)
province of British Columbia (Duncan Dam, Mica Dam, Keenleyside Dam) and one in the U.S. state of Montana (Libby Dam). The treaty provided for the sharing...
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March 11, 2016. United States Army Corps of Engineers (May 24, 2013). "Libby Dam Visitor Center hours and tours reduced for Summer 2013". Archived from...
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Canada to construct the Duncan, Keenleyside, Mica Dams upstream and the U.S. would build the Libby Dam in Montana. Shortly afterward, Washington Senator...
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is 2,400 square kilometers. The dam regulates 10% of the water in the Kootenay River basin. Duncan Dam and Libby Dam together ensure operational water...
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negotiate with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during construction of the Libby Dam. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area...
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Great Northern Hi-Line that became a necessity due to construction of Libby Dam and subsequent creation of Lake Koocanusa. Work began on May 12, 1966...
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Dam was constructed above Kootenay Lake on the Duncan River, creating a 7,145 hectare reservoir for flow control. Also part of the treaty Libby Dam in...
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Kootenay Canal (category Pages using infobox dam which are not about dams)
Generating Station. Its construction was a result of the Duncan Dam and Libby Dam providing year round flows into Kootenay Lake. The powerhouse was completed...
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town in 1926. Stryker’s railroad depot closed with the construction of Libby Dam. Stryker is located in northeastern Lincoln County on U.S. Route 93, 20...
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tallest dams in the United States. The main list includes all U.S. dams over 300 feet (91 m) tall, and a second list gives the tallest dams in each state...
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such as the Priest Rapids Dam. The flood also resulted in the 1961 Columbia River Treaty and later the construction of Libby Dam in Montana. The loss of...
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Trench but exits Canada southwest via Lake Koocanusa reservoir to the Libby Dam. The Kootenay River (Canadian spelling) is a tributary of the Columbia...
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River Treaty led to the construction of the flood control Duncan Dam in 1967, and Libby Dam in 1975, which regulated water flowing into Kootenay Lake. Most...
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5672 Libby, an asteroid Libby station, Libby, Montana, a railway station Libby Dam, a dam on the Kootenai River in Montana Libby High School, Montana, on...
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Koocanusa on Highway 37. The road starts in Libby and proceeds north to Eureka. Lake Koocanusa is formed behind Libby Dam and has a visitors center nearby. The...
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buildings were constructed, replacing those on stilts. Completion of the Libby Dam in 1975 lessened the threat of serious flooding. Today, much of Main Street...
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Online. Retrieved May 13, 2012. "USGS Gage #12301920 on Lake Koocanusa near Libby, MT" (PDF). National Water Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. 1972–2007...
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elsewhere in Montana. Three major hydroelectric dams exist in the Kootenai National Forest. Libby Dam on the Kootenai River creates a 90-mile (140 km)-long...
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States Army Corps of Engineers. "Libby Dam and Lake Koocanusa". Retrieved January 6, 2015. "Electricity Data Browser - Libby". www.eia.gov. Retrieved February...
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many empty houses. The post office closed in 1967. The reservoir for the Libby Dam in Montana submerged the site in the early 1970s. Prior to the flooding...
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an act of Congress in 1937 to market electric power from the Bonneville Dam located on the Columbia River and to construct facilities necessary to transmit...
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Energy Hungry Horse Dam, Hungry Horse Reservoir, USBR Kicking Horse Dam, Kicking Horse Reservoir, Bureau of Indian Affairs Libby Dam, Lake Koocanusa, USACE...
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of three storage dams in the Basin (the Duncan, Keenleyside and Mica dams) and one in Montana (Libby Dam). The purpose of these dams was flood control...
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Lincoln County, where it flows out of Montana and into Idaho. Upstream, Libby Dam backs up huge Lake Koocanusa (combination name of Kootenai, Canada, USA)...
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Community in a Reach of the Kootenai River, Idaho, after Construction of Libby Dam". Journal of Freshwater Ecology. 17 (3): 375–383. Bibcode:2002JFEco..17...
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present-day line at Jennings, located just below the Libby Dam. In 1970, the construction of the Libby Dam formed Lake Koocanusa, flooding the towns of Rexford...
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