🚧 Terzaghi Dam

Canada · Americas · 50.79°N, 122.22°W

Terzaghi Dam is the key diversion dam in BC Hydro's Bridge River Power Project. It forms the project's largest reservoir, Carpenter Lake west of Lillooet. Originally known as the Mission Dam, it was renamed Terzaghi Dam in 1965 to honor Karl von Terzaghi, the civil engineer who founded the science of soil mechanics. It is located about 30 km up the Bridge River from its confluence with the Fraser.

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Country	Canada
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	50.79°N, 122.22°W · view on map

Terzaghi Dam is located in Canada, in Americas.

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Abitibi Canyon Generating Station · Barrage de Portage-des-Roches · Beechwood Dam · Bighorn Dam · Brisay generating station · Caledonia Dam · Cleveland Dam · Coquitlam Dam · Craven Dam · Crooks' Hollow Dam.

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