Glen Canyon Dam

Glen Canyon Dam is a large dam on the Colorado River. It is in Page, Arizona. The dam is 583 feet high and it is 1,560 feet wide. It creates Lake Powell which is 186 miles long. The purpose of the dam is to create electricity and to prevent floods. The reservoir can store 27 million acre-feet of water (which is the amount of water that can cover one acre to 1 foot deep). Construction of the dam began in 1956. It was able to begin storing the flow of the river in 1963.

 Other websites 
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area 
Glen Canyon Dam page from the Bureau of Reclamation 
Images of Glen Canyon before it was flooded 
Article by David Brower on restoring Glen Canyon 
The Glen Canyon Institute
1995 Glen Canyon EIS 
New Environmental Impact Assessment of the Glen Canyon Dam (2006) 

Category:Dams in the United States
Category:Buildings and structures in Arizona
Category:1963 establishments in the United States
Category:1960s establishments in Arizona