One of the largest
New Deal dams, the Bonneville Dam spans the
Columbia River between
Washington and
Oregon, 40 miles east of
Portland,
OR. Constructed between
1933 and
1943 for flood control and power production, it is 197 feet high and 2,690 feet long. Constructed primarily by the US
Army Corps of Engineers, it was dedicated on
September 28,
1937 by
President Roosevelt.