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    McNary Dam is a 1.4-mile (2.2-km) long concrete gravity run-of-the-river dam which spans the Columbia River. It joins Umatilla County, Oregon with Benton...
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    from 1933 to 1944. In the Senate, McNary helped to pass legislation that led to the construction of Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River, and worked on...
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  • McNary may refer to: McNary (surname) In the United States: McNary, Arizona McNary, Kentucky McNary, Louisiana McNary, Oregon McNary, Texas McNary Dam...
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    impounded by the dam is Lake Umatilla, and it runs 76.4 miles (123.0 km) up the river channel to the foot of the McNary Dam. John Day Dam is part of the...
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  • Oregon. It was created in 1954 with the construction of McNary Dam. It reaches from McNary Dam near the city of Umatilla, Oregon, to the Tri-Cities of...
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    Dam – Columbia River Lake Umatilla & John Day Dam – Columbia River Lake Wallula & McNary Dam – Columbia River Lookout Point Lake & Lookout Point Dam –...
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    I-84, and is 7 miles south of the Columbia River, Lake Wallula, and the McNary Dam. The Hermiston area has become a hub for logistics and data center activity...
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    States Army Corps of Engineers. "McNary Lock and Dam". Retrieved January 3, 2015. Columbia Basin Research. "McNary Dam - Hydroelectric Project Information"...
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    Dam and Lake Umatilla (Washington, Oregon) John Day River (Oregon) Willow Creek (Oregon) Rhea Creek Hinton Creek Umatilla River (Oregon) McNary Dam and...
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    for improvements such as bigger locks at Bonneville Dam in 1938 and the construction of McNary Dam on the Columbia, which would improve navigation to the...
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    was created in 1971 with the construction of John Day Dam, and stretches upstream to the McNary Dam. It lies in parts of Sherman, Gilliam, Morrow, and Umatilla...
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    "Electricity Data Browser - Ludington". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 2020-02-01. "McNary Dam - Hydroelectric Project Information | Columbia Basin Research". www.cbr...
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    Coulee Dam on the Columbia River. The tallest dam is Mossyrock Dam on the Cowlitz River, at 606 feet (185 m). The longest dam is O'Sullivan Dam on Crab...
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    Interstate 82 (redirect from McNary Highway)
    Builder passenger trains. I-82 and US 395 cross the Columbia River west of McNary Dam on Umatilla Bridge, which consists of a unique, multiple cantilever, steel...
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    northern Richland, the upstream extent of Lake Wallula which forms behind McNary Dam. Yakima River - Bisects the county from west to east, emptying into the...
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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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    Highway 730 in Hermiston, on the south shore of Lake Wallula behind McNary Dam on the Columbia River. Hat Rock is a geological formation that, along...
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    Hanford Site. Upstream of the Hanford Reach is Priest Rapids Dam and downstream is the McNary Dam, which also impounds the last stretch of the Snake River...
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    due to commuters heading to and from the Hanford Site in Richland and McNary Dam, which was under construction near Umatilla, Oregon. The two-lane Green...
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  • turbines at McNary Dam, on the Columbia about 190 miles upstream from Portland, tripped off line. Without the reactive power supplied by the McNary dam, the...
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    The McNary Levee System, also known as the Tri-Cities Levees, is an appurtenant or dam-related structure to McNary Lock and Dam, and consists of three...
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    the McNary Dam, on the Columbia River, alongside Oregon Governor Earl Snell and Mrs. Cornelia Morton McNary (the widow of Senator Charles McNary). Stardom...
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    Studies (1989). An assessment of freeze brand and PIT tag recovery data at McNary Dam, 1987. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Bonneville Power Administration, Division...
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    Columbia River is called Wallula Lake, the reservoir impoundment created by McNary Dam. The Walla Walla tribe occupied the region around the Walla Walla river...
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    determined that it would likely be inundated by the construction of the John Day Dam. Between 1965 and 1968 the town was completely rebuilt south of the railroad...
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    preceded the construction of the dam Grand Coulee Dam, a much larger dam far upstream on the Columbia River Charles McNary, a U.S. Senator from Oregon who...
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  • Plymouth, Washington McNary Dam 292.0 Lake Wallula 45°55′47″N 119°17′46″W / 45.929722°N 119.296111°W / 45.929722; -119.296111 (McNary Dam) Union Pacific...
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    in Oregon Country. Abandoned in 1855, it is now underwater behind the McNary Dam. On October 16, 1836, after news of a Nez Perce expedition to learn about...
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  • from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2010. "Bonneville Dam Brochure" (PDF). US Army Corps of Engineers. Archived from the original (PDF)...
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  • buildings, as well as specialized equipment such as metal slipways for the McNary Dam (1950s), a dry dock for the Port of Portland (1963) and the vessel RP...
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