Grand Coulee Dam: A staggering production At the source of power for much of the Pacific Northwest, amazement at what man can build--and sadness at the costs. Photos: A view of Grand Coulee ...

Only the Three Gorges Dam in China, finished in 2009, would be bigger. The millions of watts generated at Grand Coulee would power the United States to victory World War II by producing aluminum ...

Aired April 18, 2017 Grand Coulee Dam During the darkest days of the Depression when construction was started on Grand Coulee Dam, everything about it was described in superlatives.

Individually, Grand Coulee Dam accounts for about 7% of the region's hydroelectric power, Johnson said. A dependable electrical system is vital for the Pacific Northwest, Johnson said.

Grand Coulee Dam is a gravity dam on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington built to produce hydroelectric power and provide irrigation. It was constructed between 1933 and 1942 ...

Washington’s Grand Coulee Dam is one of the most impressive man-made structures in the country, but it can be difficult to fully see and understand all that goes into the… Read More WENATCHEE ...

View a version of the video here. Green water pumps supply the Central Washington area with irrigation water from the Columbia, which was the original intent of the Grand Coulee Dam.

GRAND COULEE -- Tours resumed at Coulee Dam yesterday. The tours at Eastern Washington's top tourism draw were stopped in September after the terrorist attacks put federal installations on alert.

Margaret O'Mara, Historian: The Grand Coulee Dam starts a process of transforming the whole river system into a working landscape like never before. The New Deal was a radical idea.