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Oxbow Dam is a
Completed in 1961, the dam is part of the Hells Canyon Project that also includes Hells Canyon Dam and Brownlee Dam, all built and operated by Idaho Power Company.
The dam's powerhouse contains four generating units with a total nameplate capacity of .
Lacking passage for migrating
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hydroelectric
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run-of-the-river rockfill dam in the western United States, on the Snake River in Hells Canyon ( river mile 273) along the Idaho
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Description
Completed in 1961, the dam is part of the Hells Canyon Project that also includes Hells Canyon Dam and Brownlee Dam, all built and operated by Idaho Power Company.
The dam's powerhouse contains four generating units with a total nameplate capacity of .
Lacking passage for migrating salmon
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, the three Hells Canyon Project dams blocked access by anadromous salmonids to a stretch of the Snake River drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...
from Hells Canyon Dam up to Shoshone Falls, which naturally prevents any upstream fish passage to the upper Snake River basin.
Heliport
Oxbow Heliport is a private , turf heliport owned by Idaho Power./ref>
See also
* Copperfield, Oregon * Oxbow, Oregon * List of dams in the Columbia River watershedReferences
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Idaho Power {{Snake River Dams, state=collapsed Dams completed in 1961 Buildings and structures in Adams County, Idaho Buildings and structures in Baker County, Oregon Dams in Idaho Dams in Oregon Idaho Power dams Dams on the Snake River Rock-filled dams 1961 establishments in Idaho 1961 establishments in Oregon