W. A. C. Bennett Dam photograph

W. A. C. Bennett Dam

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Height 18600 (cm)
Annual generation13,100 GWh
Spillway capacity9,205 m3/s (325,100 cu ft/s)
Locations Hudson's Hope, British Columbia, Canada
Provinces British Columbia
Turbines5 × 275 MW, 3 × 310 MW, 2 × 306 MW
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Date of Upd.
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About W. A. C. Bennett Dam


The W. A. C. Bennett Dam is a large hydroelectric dam on the Peace River in northern British Columbia, Canada. At 183 metres high, it is one of the world's highest earth fill dams. Construction of the dam began in 1961 and culminated in 1968.

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