Rainbow Dam

Rainbow Dam
Rainbow Dam and Rainbow Falls in 2000
Official nameRainbow Dam
LocationCascade County, Montana, US
Coordinates47°32′04″N 111°12′18″W / 47.53444°N 111.20500°W / 47.53444; -111.20500
Opening date1910
Operator(s)NorthWestern Corporation
Dam and spillways
ImpoundsMissouri River
Height29 ft (8.8 m)
Length1,055 ft (321.6 m)
Power Station
Installed capacity36 MW
Annual generation268,070,000 KWh (2009)[1]

Rainbow Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Missouri River, 29 feet (8.8 m) high and 1,055 feet (322 m) long, located six miles northeast of Great Falls in the U.S. state of Montana.[2]

  1. ^ "Rainbow". Carbon Monitoring for Action. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  2. ^ "Rainbow Dam". PPL Montana. Retrieved 2009-03-28.