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Terzaghi Dam is the key diversion dam in BC Hydro's Bridge River Power Project. It forms the project's largest reservoir, Carpenter Lake west of Lillooet. Originally known as the Mission Dam, it was renamed Terzaghi Dam in 1965 to honor Karl von Terzaghi, the civil engineer who founded the science of soil mechanics. It is located about 30 km up the Bridge River from its confluence with the Fraser. Projects organizing timed releases of water through Terzaghi Dam to enable fish-spawning ecology in the nearly-dry Bridge River below the dam are underway.

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  • Terzaghi Dam is the key diversion dam in BC Hydro's Bridge River Power Project. It forms the project's largest reservoir, Carpenter Lake west of Lillooet. Originally known as the Mission Dam, it was renamed Terzaghi Dam in 1965 to honor Karl von Terzaghi, the civil engineer who founded the science of soil mechanics. It is located about 30 km up the Bridge River from its confluence with the Fraser. It stands at the head of the Big Canyon of the Bridge River, completely blocking the river, which is diverted through two tunnels through Mission Mountain to a pair of powerhouses on Seton Lake. The difference in elevation between Carpenter Lake, the reservoir formed by Terzaghi Dam, and the two powerhouses on Seton Lake is c. 410 m, which in combination with the flow of the entire Bridge River generates 480 megawatts in electrical power. Completed in the 1950s, it was the expansion of a concept first launched in the 1920s by the Bridge River Power Development Co. but abandoned due to rising costs and collapsed investments as a result of the Great Depression. It was later resumed by BC Electric during the post-war boom after World War II and a first diversion and powerhouse completed in 1948 (180MW), the second in 1960 (300MW). Projects organizing timed releases of water through Terzaghi Dam to enable fish-spawning ecology in the nearly-dry Bridge River below the dam are underway. (en)
  • Terzaghi Dam är en dammbyggnad i Kanada. Den ligger i provinsen British Columbia, i den sydvästra delen av landet, 3 400 km väster om huvudstaden Ottawa. Terzaghi Dam ligger 1 109 meter över havet. Den ligger vid sjön Carpenter Lake. Terrängen runt Terzaghi Dam är huvudsakligen bergig, men åt nordväst är den kuperad. Den högsta punkten i närheten är 1 849 meter över havet, 1,1 km söder om Terzaghi Dam. Trakten runt Terzaghi Dam är nära nog obefolkad, med mindre än två invånare per kvadratkilometer.. I omgivningarna runt Terzaghi Dam växer i huvudsak barrskog. Trakten ingår i den boreala klimatzonen. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är 2 °C. Den varmaste månaden är juli, då medeltemperaturen är 16 °C, och den kallaste är december, med −9 °C. (sv)
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  • Terzaghi Dam is the key diversion dam in BC Hydro's Bridge River Power Project. It forms the project's largest reservoir, Carpenter Lake west of Lillooet. Originally known as the Mission Dam, it was renamed Terzaghi Dam in 1965 to honor Karl von Terzaghi, the civil engineer who founded the science of soil mechanics. It is located about 30 km up the Bridge River from its confluence with the Fraser. Projects organizing timed releases of water through Terzaghi Dam to enable fish-spawning ecology in the nearly-dry Bridge River below the dam are underway. (en)
  • Terzaghi Dam är en dammbyggnad i Kanada. Den ligger i provinsen British Columbia, i den sydvästra delen av landet, 3 400 km väster om huvudstaden Ottawa. Terzaghi Dam ligger 1 109 meter över havet. Den ligger vid sjön Carpenter Lake. Terrängen runt Terzaghi Dam är huvudsakligen bergig, men åt nordväst är den kuperad. Den högsta punkten i närheten är 1 849 meter över havet, 1,1 km söder om Terzaghi Dam. Trakten runt Terzaghi Dam är nära nog obefolkad, med mindre än två invånare per kvadratkilometer.. (sv)
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  • Terzaghi Dam (en)
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