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Lahontan Dam

Completed in:	1915
Location:	Fallon, Churchill County, Nevada, USA
Impounds:	Carson River

Lahontan Dam, Fallon, Nevada

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Irrigation & industrial water dam

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Design	U.S. Reclamation Service

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	Description	Value
Construction materials used
spillway	concrete
Dimensions

	height	49.41 m
	length	1 647 m

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	Bureau of Reclamation: Lahontan Dam
	Truckee-Carson Irrigation District

Relevant Literature
	Jackson, Donald C. Great American Bridges and Dams, John Wiley & Sons, New York (USA) , ISBN 0471143855, 1984; pp. 299.

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