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Dossier #7316 · GRanD 6825

Soo Locks

🇺🇸United States / Canada · St. Marys River · near Sault St. Marie

Built 1921 · Lake Control Dam · data quality: Fair

HydroelectricityNavigation

Specifications

Height
17 m
Crest length
968 m
Reservoir capacity
1 km³
Catchment
209,400 km²
Avg discharge
3,020,939 L/s
Elevation
176 masl
Degree of regulation
1 %

Notes

This dam or river barrage might regulate the level of Lake Superior a bit; not sure about capacity (it may reflect some kind of throughflow)

Built 1921

Provenance

Record 7316 of the Global Dam Watch v1.0 database (CC BY 4.0), original source: GRanD, year via GRanD. Coordinates are river-snapped: 46.5063, -84.3479.