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Fort Peck's Power Plant . . . is one of the highest buildings in Montana. A height of 271 feet is needed to enclose surge tanks that prevent water from reservoir tunnels damaging generator turbines. Four 24-foot tunnels, each about 1.25 miles long,…

Water Coursing Down the Fort Peck Spillway . . . attains a speed of about 60 miles an hour in the mile long concrete channel as it falls 214 feet to the stilling basin. Part of the 180 mile long reservoir is shown at the upper right. By closing these…

Fort Peck Dam 1952 - Upstream view of the 1000 foot wide spillway structure with a discharge capacity of 250,000 cubic feet per second. The discharge through the spillway is controlled by 16 vertical lift gates , each 40 feet in width and 25 feet in…

Fort Peck Dam 1952 - View of youth camp at the Pines recreational area on the shore of the Fort Peck Reservoir. The building at the left is the administration building; at the center is the dining and mess hall; and at the right is the assembly…

Fort Peck Dam 1952 - View of the axis of the dam taken from the east abutment of the dam. Located in the foreground are the emergency and main control shafts for the four 24'6" tunnels. To the left of the control shafts is the diesel substation used…