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The Centralia Canal, also known as Centralia Power Canal, is a
canal Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface ...
in
Thurston Thurston may refer to: Places Antarctica * Thurston Glacier, Marie Byrd Land * Thurston Island, off Ellsworth Land United Kingdom * Thurston, Suffolk, England, a village and parish ** Thurston railway station United States * Thurston County, Neb ...
and Pierce counties,
Washington Washington most commonly refers to: * George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States * Washington (state), a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A ...
, United States. It is the only feature named a canal in
Western Washington Western Washington is a region of the United States defined as the area of Washington State west of the Cascade Mountains. This region is home to the state's largest city, Seattle, the state capital, Olympia, and most of the state's residents. ...
. The canal parallels the
Nisqually River The Nisqually River is a river in west central Washington in the United States, approximately long. It drains part of the Cascade Range southeast of Tacoma, including the southern slope of Mount Rainier, and empties into the southern end of ...
for in and around the city of Yelm. It was built in 1929 to supply water for the 12-
megawatt The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of Power (physics), power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3. It is used to quantification (science), quantify the rate of Work ...
Yelm hydroelectric project belonging to the city of Centralia's City Light Department. Part of the canal runs through the Nisqually River Conservation Area, purchased in 2020 by the Nisqually Land Trust.


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Centralia City Light Yelm Hydroelectric Project, Yelm, WA
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Pacific Coast Architecture Database The University of Washington (UW and informally U-Dub or U Dub) is a Public university, public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States. Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West ...
, University of Washington Libraries {{Commons Category, Centralia Power Canal 1929 establishments in Washington (state) Canals in Washington (state) Buildings and structures in Pierce County, Washington Buildings and structures in Thurston County, Washington Energy infrastructure completed in 1929 Geography of Washington (state)