How much did Glen Canyon Dam cost to build?
The Glen Canyon Dam is the 710 ft high concrete arch dam on the Colorado River in Arizona near Page, built by the Bureau of Reclamation from 1956 with the main concrete contract awarded to Merritt-Chapman and Scott in 1957, its powerplant generating from 1964 and the dam dedicated on 22 September 1966, creating Lake Powell. A US Department of the Interior brochure on the National Park Service history site lists the cost of the dam as 155 million dollars, of the powerplant 70 million, and of the dam, powerplant, switchyard, town of Page and associated facilities 272 million.
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$155 million
Cost basis: 1966
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Final project cost1966
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