Albeni Falls Dam

Albeni Dam
Aerial view of the reservoir and dam
Location	Bonner County, Idaho
Coordinates	48°10′48″N 116°59′59″W
Construction began	1951[1]
Opening date	1955[1]
Construction cost	$34 million[1]
Operator(s)	United States Army Corps of Engineers
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Pend Oreille
Height	90 ft (27 m)[2]
Reservoir
Creates	Raises Lake Pend Oreille
Power Station
Operator(s)	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Installed capacity	42 MW[2]
Annual generation	200,000,000 kWh[1]

Albeni Falls Dam is located on the Pend Oreille River between Oldtown, Idaho, and Priest River, Idaho. It is located on the site of a natural waterfall named Albeni Falls, named after early pioneer Albeni Poirier.[3][4]

Construction on the dam began in 1951 and was completed in 1955 at a cost of $34 million ($261 million[5] in 2007 dollars). It produces over 200 million kilowatt hours of electricity each year for the Bonneville Power Administration and is operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.[6]

The dam is 90 feet (27 m) high and 775 feet (236 m) long. Its spillway is 400 feet (120 m) long.

See also

• List of dams in the Columbia River watershed

References

1. United States Corps of Engineers. "Albeni Falls Dam". Retrieved 2015-01-11.
2. Kalispel Natural Resource Department (2014-03-09). "Yes, It's Happening…..Fish Passage on 6 Dams in the Pend Oreille & Clark Fork Rivers for Resident Fish" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-01-09.
3. "Project History". USACE. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
4. Tudehope, Scott (Aug 25, 1980). "Naming towns in pioneer days was fast, easy - and personal". Spokane Daily Chronicle. p. 5. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
5. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis dollar worth calculator Archived January 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
6. "Dam Information". U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2011.

External links

• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albeni Falls Dam
• "Albeni Falls Dam Visitor Center". www.visitidaho.org. Retrieved 2015-09-19.