Bonneville Dam

The Bonneville Dam, constructed in the Columbia River Gorge, was completed in 1937. Construction took four years and was a New Deal public works project. President Franklin Roosevelt visited the site during construction and spoke at the dam’s dedication ceremony. ...

National Historic Landmark-Bonneville Dam Historic District

National Historic Landmark-Bonneville Dam Historic District

Built in the 1930s by the Federal government to raise and divert the Columbia River to generate hydroelectric power, the dam represented a unique engineering challenge for a diversion/overflow dam; it was the first ...