Grand Coulee Dam

Summary

Grand Coulee Dam is a gravity dam^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of gravity_dam entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (729 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Grand Coulee Dam is located in Okanogan County^[3].
• Grand Coulee Dam is located in Grant County^[4].
• Grand Coulee Dam is in the country of United States^[5].
• Grand Coulee Dam's image is recorded as Grand Coulee Dam.jpg^[6].
• Grand Coulee Dam's instance of is recorded as gravity dam^[7].
• Grand Coulee Dam's instance of is recorded as hydroelectric power station^[8].
• Grand Coulee Dam's instance of is recorded as pumped-storage power station^[9].
• Grand Coulee Dam's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 236985459^[10].
• Grand Coulee Dam's GND ID is recorded as 4383233-7^[11].
• Grand Coulee Dam's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85056384^[12].
• Grand Coulee Dam's Commons category is recorded as Grand Coulee Dam^[13].
• Grand Coulee Dam's Structurae structure ID is recorded as 20001071^[14].
• +1941-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Grand Coulee Dam^[15].
• Grand Coulee Dam's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1513929^[16].
• Grand Coulee Dam's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.95611, 'lon': -118.98181}^[17].
• Grand Coulee Dam's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01zm01^[18].
• Grand Coulee Dam's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Columbia River^[19].
• Grand Coulee Dam's official website is recorded as http://www.usbr.gov/pn/grandcoulee/^[20].
• Grand Coulee Dam's official website is recorded as https://www.usbr.gov/pn/grandcoulee/^[21].
• Grand Coulee Dam's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10038425^[22].
• Grand Coulee Dam's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Grand-Coulee-Dam^[23].
• Grand Coulee Dam's heritage designation is recorded as Historic Civil Engineering Landmark^[24].
• Grand Coulee Dam's GeoNames ID is recorded as 5795932^[25].
• Grand Coulee Dam's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 1101123^[26].
• Grand Coulee Dam's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 7029460^[27].

Body

Geography

Grand Coulee Dam is in the country of United States^[5]. Located in include Okanogan County^[3], a county of Washington^[28], in United States^[29], founded in 1888^[30] and Grant County^[4], a county of Washington^[31], in United States^[32], founded in 1909^[33].

Physical Characteristics

Grand Coulee Dam's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1592'}^[34].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include gravity dam^[7], hydroelectric power station^[8], and pumped-storage power station^[9]. Grand Coulee Dam's heritage designation is recorded as Historic Civil Engineering Landmark^[24].

History and Context

+1941-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Grand Coulee Dam^[15].

Why It Matters

Grand Coulee Dam ranks in the top 2% of gravity_dam entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (729 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]