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229: 483:. Lake Granby stores Colorado River water that is diverted under the Continental Divide for agriculture and municipal use within north-eastern Colorado including the cities of Boulder, Fort Collins, Loveland, and Greeley. In addition to the waters of the Colorado, water from Willow Creek just below the dam is pumped up 175 feet (53 m) to Lake Granby. Water from Lake Granby is pumped 125 feet (38 m) higher by the Granby Pumping Plant to the Granby Pump Canal, which extents 1.8 miles (2.9 km) to 736: 730: 718: 724: 121: 216: 63: 22: 497: 1505: 712: 236: 1452: 475:. This 298-foot (91 m)-tall dam was constructed between 1941 and 1950 and has a drainage area of 311 square miles (810 km). The Granby Dam's reservoir is known as 1571: 553: 1143: 154: 1416: 1576: 1118: 1108: 609: 1591: 1489: 275: 1411: 1421: 1090: 1044: 971: 1068: 539: 1049: 1014: 490:
This damsite does not generate any power directly; power is generated at other locations in the Colorado-Big Thompson Project.
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Dam 2,974,000 cu yd (2,274,000 m), dikes 1,739,000 cu yd (1,330,000 m)
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Dam 861 ft (262 m), dikes 12,722 ft (3,878 m)
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A view from the road that goes over the top of the dam.
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Granby Dam is located in Colorado
Grand County
Granby
Colorado, USA
40°08′53″N 105°52′03″W / 40.14806°N 105.86750°W / 40.14806; -105.86750
Type of dam
Colorado River
Catchment area
Hydraulic head
https://www.usbr.gov/projects/index.php?id=291
earthfill dam
Colorado River
Granby, Colorado

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