Friant Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the San Joaquin River in central California in the United States, on the boundary of Fresno and Madera Counties...

four hydroelectric dams. It eventually emerges from the foothills at what was once the town of Millerton, the location of Friant Dam since 1942, which...

The reservoir was created by the construction of 319 ft (97 m) high Friant Dam on the San Joaquin River which, with the lake, serves as much of the county...

was completed in 1951 at a cost of $60.8 million. The Friant-Kern Canal begins at the Friant Dam of Millerton Lake, a reservoir on the San Joaquin River...

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is located along the banks of the San Joaquin River and at the base of Friant Dam and Millerton Lake. According to the United States Census Bureau, the...

slightly more than double water storage on the San Joaquin River from below Friant Dam. The project is highly controversial because it would flood scenic canyons...

Joaquin River water which is diverted into the Madera Canal and Friant-Kern Canal at Friant Dam. The canal begins at the C.W. Bill Jones Pumping Plant (formerly...

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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residents voted to move the county seat from Millerton to Fresno. When the Friant Dam was completed in 1944, the site of Millerton became inundated by the waters...

foothills. Hoyumne - San Joaquin River from Herndon to Cottonwood Creek (Friant Dam). Shares name with Yokuts tribe south of Tracy. Pitkache (Pitkachi) -...

561 feet (171 m). The site is now under Millerton Lake, formed by the Friant Dam in 1944. It is registered as California Historical Landmark #584. 3km...

States Department of the Interior. 1981-01-19. Retrieved 2011-06-22. "Friant Dam". Friant Division Project. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. 2009-06-04. Archived...

2009, won after 18 years of litigation, with increased releases from the Friant Dam east of Fresno. Democratic Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer...

the largest of these is Lake Shasta, which formed behind Shasta Dam in the 1940s. The dam can impound 4.552 million acre⋅ft (1.483 trillion US gal; 5.615 trillion L)...

union construction worker on major projects in California including the Friant Dam and California State Route 168. Pondexter and his younger brother, Cliff...

However, the steel gate was installed at the Friant Dam near Fresno, instead, due to concerns that the dam would not be capable of holding the additional...

Fresno County, dating from 1851. It had been dismantled and moved from the Friant Dam area. While in Roeding Park, it was re-dedicated as the Fort Miller Blockhouse...

Many dams, including Shasta Dam, Oroville Dam, Folsom Dam, New Melones Dam, Don Pedro Dam, Hetch Hetchy Dam, Friant Dam, Pine Flat Dam and Isabella Dam, were...

distributary) Friant Dam, Millerton Lake Fine Gold Creek Willow Creek Stevenson Creek Shaver Lake Big Creek Huntington Lake Rock Creek Mammoth Pool Dam, Mammoth...

island at mile 264 of the San Joaquin River north of Fresno, shortly below Friant Dam. Lower Foster Island 39°50′45″N 122°04′09″W / 39.8457°N 122.0693°W...

water. The CVP dams and diverts five major rivers: the Trinity, the Sacramento, the American, the Stanislaus, and the San Joaquin. Friant Dam, on the San...

flood depicted in the production was created with water supplied from the Friant Dam and was shot where Millerton Lake is located today. In its May 2, 1945...

1987 via press release, with no accompanying report. All ten rivers faced dam proposals. The rivers were not ranked. American Rivers announced its ten...

works projects included Friant Dam on the San Joaquin River in 1942 and Shasta Dam on the Sacramento River in 1945. These dams reduced winter flooding...

from Redinger Dam. The San Joaquin passes through many more powerhouses downstream, including A.G. Wishon and the powerhouse at Friant Dam. 37°12′37″N 119°19′49″W...

Millerton 93. Millerton was eventually abandoned as a result. When the Friant Dam was completed in 1944, the site of Millerton became inundated by the waters...

to modify Friant Dam operations to release restoration flows in a manner that improves the fishery in the San Joaquin River between Friant Dam and Gravelly...

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