Discover Every Hydroelectric Dam

 

The idea for this segment came to me about four years into the original project. On a weekend trip to the Grand Coulee Dam, I began to realize another unique thing about Washington State: the number of hydroelectric dams.

After doing some research, I found that there are over eight hundred dams in the state. These dams range from flood & flow control to hydroelectric producers. Below is a list of all the dams I could identify as hydroelectric.

Washington State Hydroelectric Dams

(Click on the dam's name, if brown, to see the photo)

Alder
• Nisqually River •
Bonneville
• Columbia River •
Boundary
• Pend Oreille River •
Box Canyon
• Pend Oreille River •
Chief Joseph
• Columbia River •
Cowlitz Falls
• Cowlitz River •
Diablo
• Skagit River •
Elwha
• Elwha River •
Enloe
Similkameen River •
Grand Coulee
• Columbia River •
Glines Canyon
• Elwha River •
Gorge
• Skagit River •
Ice Harbor
• Snake River •
John Day
• Columbia River •
Kokanee
• N Fork Skokomish River •
La Grande
• Nisqually River •
Lake Cushman
• N Fork Skokomish River •
Little Falls
• Spokane River •
Little Goose
• Snake River •
Long Lake
• Spokane River •
Lower Baker
• Baker River •
Lower Granite
• Snake River •
Lower Monumental
• Snake River •
Masonry
• Cedar River •
Mayfield
• Cowlitz River •
McNary
• Columbia River •
Merwin
• Lewis River •
Monroe Street
• Spokane River •
Mossyrock
• Cowlitz River •
Nine Mile
• Spokane River •
Pinto
• Crab Creek •
Priest Rapids
• Columbia River •
Rock Island
• Columbia River •
Rocky Reach
• Columbia River •
Ross
• Skagit River •
Roza
• Yakima River •
Saddle
• Lewis River •
Skookumchuck
• Skookumchuck River •
S. Fork Tolt River
• Tolt River •
Swift
• Lewis River •
The Dalles
• Columbia River •
Upper Baker
• Baker River •
Wanapum
• Columbia River •
Wells
• Columbia River •
Wynoochee Lake
• Wynoochee River •