Rainbow Dam | |
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Official name | Rainbow Dam |
Location | Cascade County, Montana, US |
Coordinates | 47°32′04″N 111°12′18″W / 47.53444°N 111.20500°W |
Opening date | 1910 |
Operator(s) | NorthWestern Corporation |
Dam and spillways | |
Impounds | Missouri River |
Height | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
Length | 1,055 ft (321.6 m) |
Power Station | |
Installed capacity | 36 MW |
Annual generation | 268,070,000 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]