Cochrane Dam is a
run-of-the river hydroelectric dam
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on the
Missouri River
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, about northeast of
Great Falls in the
U.S.
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state of
Montana
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. The dam has a concrete gravity design and is high and long. Its power station has two generators capable of producing 64
megawatt
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s. Construction of the dam was finished in 1958.
originally built the dam,
PPL Corporation purchased it in 1997 and sold it to
NorthWestern Corporation in 2014.
References
Dams completed in 1958
Energy infrastructure completed in 1958
Dams in Montana
Run-of-the-river power stations
Buildings and structures in Cascade County, Montana
NorthWestern Corporation dams
Dams on the Missouri River
Gravity dams
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