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Ross Dam is a 540-foot (160 m)-high, 1,300-foot (400 m)-long concrete thin arch dam across the Skagit River, forming Ross Lake. The dam is in Washington state, while Ross Lake extends 23 miles (37 km) north to British Columbia, Canada. Both dam and reservoir are located in Ross Lake National Recreation Area, is bordered on both sides by Stephen ...
This dam was renamed Ross Dam after the death of James Delmage Ross (1872–1939), the superintendent of the Skagit River Project. Construction of Ross Dam was to take place in three stages and the first stage was completed in 1940. The second and third stages were completed in 1953 when the dam was built to its final height of 540 feet (160 ...
The largest dam in Washington, in terms of structural volume, reservoir capacity, and electricity production, is the Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River. It is the largest power station in the United States with a nameplate capacity of 6,809 megawatts and one of the largest concrete structures in the world. [ 3 ]
It receives the Klesilkwa River from the right, and turns southeast to flow into Ross Lake, where it crosses the Canada–United States border and into Washington state. Ross Lake is formed by Ross Dam and is approximately 24 miles (39 km) long, winding south through Ross Lake National Recreation Area. Here the river receives Beaver Creek from ...
Ross Dam in the Ross Lake National Recreation Area. Mineral prospectors entered the North Cascades region, and by the 1850s were doing placer mining along the banks of the Skagit River in search of gold. In the 1870s, placer mining also commenced along Ruby Creek, and hundreds of miners came to the region even though it was difficult to access.
Ross Lake NRA follows the Skagit River corridor from the Canada–US border to the western foothills of the Cascades. The NRA contains a portion of scenic Washington State Route 20, the North Cascades Highway , and includes three reservoirs : 12,000-acre (4,900 ha) Ross Lake , 910-acre (370 ha) Diablo Lake , and 210-acre (85 ha) Gorge Lake.
The Pearl River Valley Water Supply District increased the discharge from Barnett Reservoir Thursday morning in anticipation of incoming water.
This geographical feature's toponym has been officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to honor James Delmage Ross (1872–1939), the superintendent of the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project. [5] [3] Ross Dam and Ross Lake also bear his name. Mount Ross was first climbed on August 17, 1969, by Jack Roper, Maurine Roper, and Jan ...