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New Cornelia Tailings of Pima County, Arizona is one of the largest mine tailings piles in the world: 7.4 billion cubic feet, the New Cornelia Tailings is often cited as the largest dam structure in the country, by volume (the tailings, waste material from the mining process, were heaped into a pile that created a holding structure for future tailings, some of which were deposited in a pumped slurry, thus the tailings pile is an "impoundment" or dam). The mine that produced the tailings, the 1.5 mile wide open pit New Cornelia Mine, is owned by Phelps Dodge, and is presently in limbo (shut down in 1983). A project to mine the tailings has been proposed. The next in size is the Fort Peck Dam, 21,430 ft (6,531 m) long and 250 ft (76 m) high, on the Missouri River, NE Mont.; one of the world's largest earth-filled dams.
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 7y agoThe largest concrete structure in the U S is Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state. Not as tall as Hoover Dam, but it is 5223 feet across the top. Compared to 1244 feet for Hoover. Hoover Dam has a volume of 3,250,000 cubic yards. Grand Coulee has a volume of 11,975,520. Power generation, Grand Coulee is 7079 MW. Making it the sixth largest producer in the world. Hoover's production is 2050KW. Ranking it at 36 world wide.
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∙ 15y agoThe biggest dam in the United States is Hoover Dam!!
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∙ 16y agoThe Grand Coulee Dam - Grand Coulee, Washington
* Length 5,223 ft * Height 550 ft
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∙ 14y agoI believe it is the Oroville Dam in California.
The largest dam is the Hoover..but it is not earth dam.
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∙ 11y agoIt is the hoover dam.
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The largest dam built with fill and mixed materials in the United States is the Fort Peck Dam in Montana, with about 96,000,000 cubic meters of fill. The largest concrete dam in the Unites States is Grand Coulee dam in Washington State, with about 9,155,000 cubic meters of concrete. This compares to the 4,360,000 cubic meters of concrete used in Hoover Dam, which has about half as much concrete as Grand Coulee Dam.
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The largest earth dam in the United States is the Fort Peck Dam in Montana. It contains more than 125,000,000 cubic yards of material. The second largest is Oroville dam in California, which has approximately 78,000,000 cubic yards of material. The largest concrete dam in the United States is Grand Coulee dam, which has about 12,000,000 cubic yards of concrete. This is more than two and a half times the amount of concrete in Hoover Dam.
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What is the biggest superstructure in the world?
The Boeing Plant in Everett, Washington uses 398,000 m2 or 4.3 million sq ft of area and 13.3 million m3 or 472 million cu ft.
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In order of size, Earth is the fifth-largest planet. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are all larger. However, Earth is the largest of the four small planets.
Is the earth the third largest planet?
Earth is the 5th largest planet in our solar system, but the largest planet in the inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars.)
Largest layer of Earth's surface?
The largest layer of the Earth's surface is the mantle.
Is earth the largest in the solar system?
no Jupiter is the largest
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Some of the largest earth dams in the US include the Oroville Dam in California, the Fort Peck Dam in Montana, the Oahe Dam in South Dakota, and the Hoover Dam in Nevada/Arizona. Additional large earth dams include the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington, the Garrison Dam in North Dakota, the Fort Randall Dam in South Dakota, the Fort Gibson Dam in Oklahoma, the Bluestone Dam in West Virginia, and the Pine Flat Dam in California.
Which is the Pakistan's biggest dam?
The Tarbela Dam is not only Pakistan's biggest dam, but also the world's largest earth-filled dam!
What are the 10 largest earthen dams in the US?
The United States is home to many damns of varying sizes and types, One type is the earth fill. The largest of these is the Denison Dam in Denison, Texas.
Is Hoover Dam the biggest dam on the world?
No, but it is the highest arch dam in the US. It was also the biggest dam back in 1935 when it was built. The tallest dam is Rogun in Tajikistan. The largest dam is Three Gorges in China.
What is the largest dam in the US?
Hoover Hoover
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Lake Sakakawea is the third-largest man-made reservoir in the US and was created by Garrison Dam, the fifth largest earthen dam in the US.
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The Tarbela Dam in Pakistan is one of the largest earth-filled dams in the world. It stands at 485 feet tall and has a crest length of 9,000 feet.
What type of dam is the grand coulee dam?
No, it was and is neither the largest or tallest dam in the US. However, it was and is the largest single hydroelectric power-generating dam in the US and North America. It is the largest power production plant (6800 mW) in the US, and the 7th largest in the world as of 2014.
What is the capital of Washington the state where the largest dam in the US grand coulee dam?
Seattle?
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The largest dam in the Philippines is the San Roque dam.
What is the capital of Washington the state where the largest dam in us is located?
olympia
Is mangla dam the 6Th largest dam of the world?
yes, Mangla dam is 6th largest dam in the world.
