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}} The Fort Peck Dam is the highest of six major dams along the Missouri River, located in northeast Montana in the United States, near Glasgow, and adjacent to the community of Fort Peck. At in length and over in height, it is the largest hydraulically filled dam in the United States, and creates Fort Peck Lake, the fifth largest man-made lake in the U.S., more than long, deep, and it has a shoreline which is longer than the state of California's coastline.〔Julie Fanselow, ''Traveling the Lewis and Clark Trail'' (2003) p. 130〕 It lies within the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge. The dam and the lake exist for the purposes of hydroelectric power generation, flood control, and water quality management.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher= U.S. Army Corps of Engineers )〕 The dam presently has a nameplate capacity of 185.25 megawatts, divided among 5 generating units (which in turn are divided between the Western and Eastern grids). Three units in powerhouse number one, completed in 1951, have a capacity of 105 MW. Completed in 1961, the two remaining generating units in powerhouse number 2, have a nameplate capacity of 80 MW.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher= US Army Corps of Engineers )〕 The lake has a maximum operating pool elevation of above mean sea level and a normal operating pool elevation of above mean sea level. The lake level fluctuates over time based on a number of factors. During the first week of February 2007, the reservoir set a record low elevation of above mean sea level, nearly lower than the previous record low set in 1991.〔 〕 In June 2011, in response to the 2011 Missouri River Floods, the dam was releasing almost , which greatly exceeded its previous record release of set in 1975. ==Background== Fort Peck was a major project of the Public Works Administration, part of the New Deal. Construction of Fort Peck Dam started in 1933, and at its peak in July 1936 employed 10,546 workers. The dam, named for a 19th-century trading post, was completed in 1940, and began generating electricity in July 1943. The town of Fort Peck, Montana, "the government town," was built for Army Corps of Engineers personnel and men in "positions of responsibility" and their families during the dam's construction. Many of the facilities that supported the dam's workers are still utilized today, such as the recreation center and the theater. In addition to Fort Peck, other towns sprang up to house the workers. Among these were Wheeler and McCone City as well as more than a dozen others. Many of the homes were later moved to farms and towns around Montana. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fort Peck Dam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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