Coulee Dam

Washington, United States
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Coulee Dam, town on the Columbia River, northeast-central Washington, U.S. It is located at a point where Grant, Douglas, and Okanogan counties meet, 80 miles (129 km) west-northwest of Spokane. Founded in 1934 by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation as a construction town for workers on the Grand Coulee Dam (completed 1942), its incorporation required a special enactment of the state legislature. Together with the communities of Elmer City, Grand Coulee, and Electric City, it is a home for service employees of the huge gravity dam that is the focus of the multipurpose Columbia Basin Project. Coulee Dam also serves ...(100 of 163 words)