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McNary Dam
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McNary Dam
McNary Dam
is a 1.4-mile (2.2-km) long concrete gravity
run-of-the-river
dam
which spans the
Columbia River
. It joins
Umatilla County, Oregon
with
Benton County, Washington
, 292 miles (470 km) upriver from the mouth of the Columbia. It is operated by the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
' McNary Lock and Dam office. The dam is located a mile (2 km) east of the town of
Umatilla, Oregon
, and 8 miles (13 km) north of
Hermiston, Oregon
. The dam was originally planned to be named
Umatilla Dam
, but the Flood Control Act of 1945 renamed the dam in honor of
Senator
Charles L. McNary
of
Oregon
, who had died the previous year.
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