Lucky Peak Dam
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Construction began in November 1949 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Most of the federal dams in southern Idaho, including the others on the Boise River, were built by the Bureau of Reclamation, not the Corps of Engineers. The Idaho Power Company, a private utility, built multiple hydroelectric dams on the Snake River.
Located along State Highway 21, Script error: No such module "convert". upstream from the city of Boise, it was built without hydroelectric power generation. Construction of the powerhouse began in 1984 and it became operational in 1988, generating electricity primarily for Seattle City Light.[3]
The dam was named after a nearby mountain in the Boise Range, about Script error: No such module "convert". north of the dam (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".). The summit elevation of Lucky Peak mountain (a.k.a. Shaw Mountain) is Script error: No such module "convert"..[4]
The dam forms Lucky Peak Lake and is surrounded by Lucky Peak State Park.
The dam is also in close proximity to the Lucky Peak Dam Zeolite Occurrence.[5]
Gallery
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Lucky Peak Dam
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Lucky Peak Lake from Idaho highway 21
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Lucky Peak Lake in April 2010
References
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- ↑ Lucky Peak Dam Template:Webarchive, NPDP Dam Directory
- ↑ USACE - Lucky Peak - Pertinent Data Template:Webarchive
- ↑ USACE - Lucky Peak Reservoir Template:Webarchive
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External links
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- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Lucky Peak Dam & Lake
- U.S. Bureau of Reclamation - Idaho facilities
- Seattle City Light - a brief history
- Bureau of Reclamation - major storage reservoirs in the Boise & Payette River basins - current levels & flows
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- Dams in Idaho
- Hydroelectric power plants in Idaho
- Buildings and structures in Ada County, Idaho
- Rock-filled dams
- United States Army Corps of Engineers dams
- Dams completed in 1955
- Energy infrastructure completed in 1988
- Dams on the Boise River
- 1955 establishments in Idaho